On 28 November 2025, ILPN’s Global Observatory of Long-Term Care (GOLTC) hosted an all-day event featuring experts from around the world to commemorate the International Day of Care and Support.

Asia Pacific session, hosted by Aged Care Research & Industry Innovation Australia (ARIIA)

Opening of the Asia Pacific session, welcome by the session chair, Rebecca Bilton (ARIIA)

We are not all the same, and care should not be the same for all either: Culturally safe care 

Speakers:

Andrea Kelly, Interim First Nations Commissioner of Australia  with Jarin Ingram Baigent, CEO of Wyanga Aboriginal Aged Care, a First Nations aged care provider

Faye Spiteri, OAM, CEO of Fronditha Care, a Greek aged care provider in Australia

Ikimoke Tamaki-Takarei, Tribal leader, Waikato, Aotearoa (New Zealand)

Presentation Changing the narrative of Long Term Care Australia session

Shahnaj Begum (University of Lapland): Muslim caregiving in Finland: Cultural and Religious Challenges in Elderly Care

Presentation  SBegum-Powerpoint-Muslim Caregivers in Finland