Oleg works as a palliative care specialist at Totara Hospice South Auckland and a geriatrician in the Mental Health Service for Older People team at ADHB. He is professional teaching fellow in the School of Population Health, Auckland University and a trained facilitator in advance communication skills for the New Zealand ACP Cooperative. His interest lies in the challenges of providing effective dementia care in an environment of increasing resource constraints and the impact of cultural and moral norms on our approach to care.

Carla has been working as a palliative care Nurse Practitioner since 2010, mostly in the aged care sector. Part of that work has involved implementing Advance Care Planning in residential aged care facilities, and supporting staff to have difficult conversations. She has also been involved in the national Advance Care Planning training programme since 2012, facilitating advanced communication skills training, and training facilitators to deliver the ACP courses.