Ageism in Cancer Care Online Forum - Evening 1

• Theme Geriatric Oncology
• Location Online
• DATE 22 - 22 Nov 2022

Ageism in Cancer Care Online Forum - Evening 1

COSA hosted an online multidisciplinary forum over two evenings on 22 and 29 November 2022, 7:00-8:30pm AEDT. This initiative, which is being led by Dr Michael Krasovitsky and COSA's Geriatric Oncology Emerging Experts and Researchers Group, has been developed as a means of progressing COSA's Geriatric Oncology Group’s agenda to improve outcomes for older adults with cancer, and it builds upon the advocacy piece submitted for Cancer Australia’s Australian Cancer Plan.

The Forum will focused on the increasingly recognised concept of Ageism. Ageism represents how we feel about, act towards, and discriminate against older people, both consciously and subconsciously. As a community, it is our responsibility to understand and tackle this all-to-common form of bigotry. We believe that if we face our ageist biases and proactively work to reduce, even eliminate, our devaluation of older adults, we can achieve person-centred, equity-focused and evidence-based care that improves outcomes for older Australians with cancer.

The inaugural COSA Ageism Forum brought together multidisciplinary cancer clinicians, geriatricians, consumers and world-leading ageism experts to facilitate an open and respectful discussion of how ageism affects our patients, and our colleagues.

Held over two evenings, please find the recording for night 1 below (22 November 2022)

Tuesday 22 November panel:

Session 1:

Ageism in the multidisciplinary care of the older individual with cancer

Session 2:

Ageism in the supportive care, survivorship, and palliative care of the older individual with cancer

Ageism in Cancer Care Forum - Evening 2