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Experience a SAGE tour to Switzerland in 2016
The 2016 SAGE Study Tour program has been confirmed!
SAGE (Studying and Advancing Global Eldercare) is inviting aged care professionals from all over the world to join its educative, professional and culturally appropriate study experience in another country looking at Seniors Living Models and delivery of care.
Back by popular demand SAGE is returning to Switzerland, 30 April – 12 May 2016, in a tour aimed toward leading innovation in care, visiting organisations in Zurich, Basel and Bern. This tour would suit CEOs and senior Executives studying strategic and fresh insights into care delivery and organisational change.
New Zealand is on the agenda in 2016
The New Zealand tour, 18 – 29 June 2016, will visit a mix of retirement villages and some co-located care facilities in Auckland, Tauranga and Rotorua. In addition, the RVA’s Executive Director John Collyns will provide an overview of the NZ consumer protection regime at the start to put the tour in context. The trip has been aligned to include RVA NZ annual conference and a post tour to beautiful Queenstown will also be offered.
We are very much looking forward to welcoming delegates on our very own CommonAge/SAGE Study Tour to Australia 12-20 June 2016 where delegates will spend a week in South Australia (Australia premier wine state) studying the Aged Care system, engaging and networking at CEO and senior executive levels with industry leaders and peers providing invaluable opportunities for discussion and engagement. Delegates will visit multiple organisations and engage in discussions and presentations focussing on innovation in retirement living, residential and community care, dementia, residential and Aged care design, including the interface between aged care and health and wellbeing. This tour is designed and suitable for both National and International emerging and aspiring leaders, front line managers, supervisors, senior staff, CEO’s and Board directors. It also coincides with the IFA conference being held at the Brisbane, 21 – 23 June 2016.
Other tours this year include The Netherlands/France, South Africa and our CommonAge/SAGE tour to India in September 2016.
To find out more visit www.sagetours.com or contact Judy.martin@thomsonadsett.com
The Netherlands/France tour includes attendance at the European Association Homes and Services for the Aged (EAHSA) conference in Lyon, France. See best practice Dementia and multicultural organisations in Netherlands.
A post tour to the wineries of the Lyon region will be a ‘wind down’ highlight from the intensive educational program
Led by South African Aged Care expert Margie van Zyl Chapman Chair of International Homes & Services for the Aged (IAHSA) and Commonwealth Association Homes and Services for the aged (CommonAge) board member, this tour to South Africa would suit CEOs and facility managers, particularly those operating in Rural remote and regional areas looking to gain fresh insights into care delivery for their organisations. There is opportunity to register for an optional post-tour recreational Safari extension.
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