ORGANISED BY:
Two day conference and awards ceremony featuring high level international speakers leading the way in dementia care best practice including:
Professor
Timothy Kwok
Director of Jockey
Club Centre for Positive
Ageing Department of
Medicine & Therapeutics
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Professor
Alistair Burns
National Clinical
Director for Mental
Health in Older People and Dementia
University of
Manchester
Professor
Tara Cortes
Executive Director,
The Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing
New York University
College of Nursing
Professor
June Andrews
Director, Dementia
Services Development
Centre
University of Stirling
Professor
Sridhar
Vaitheswaran
Consultant Psychiatrist
Aita-Menni Hospital
Psychiatric Research
Institute
Dame Joan
Bakewell
Baroness
House of Lords
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The Plenary – the morning introductory address
09:00 – 09:05
09:05 – 09:25
09:25 – 09:55
09:55 – 10:25
10:25 – 10:30
Main Room
Introduction from chair: Professor Alistair Burns
My own way: Person with dementia/carer from the Midlands discussion
Dementia now: Professor June Andrews
News from the researcher: Professor Sube Banerjee
Conclusions/instruction for concurrent sessions
Concurrent Sessions - Breakout sessions following the morning address
Room 1 Residential Care and “Institutions” chaired by Martin Green, CEO of Care England
11:00 - 12:30
Room 2
Room 3
Room 4
Promoting person-centred dementia practices in care homes: A case study
Monica Diamond, Four Seasons Health Care, Northern Ireland
PC P.E.A.R.L.S.™: 7 Essential person centred dementia care in care homes
Mary Schulz, Alzheimer Society of Canada
Exploring space in institutional settings; the learning from stress in air travel experiences
Kevin Charras, Fondation Mederic, Paris
Supporting People at Home chaired by Dr Cesar Rodriguez, Consultant Psychiatrist of Old Age
Whose home is it anyway? A caregivers concept of “home”
Victoria Stevenson, University of St Andrews, Scotland
Cogs clubs: A new model of weekly support sessions in early dementia
Jackie Tuppen, Admiral Nurse, UK
Supported living at home: Early onset dementia
Phil Adams, Abbeyfi eld Society, Wales
Understanding People with Dementia chaired by Prof Sube Banerjee, University of Sussex
Creating empathic understanding through simulation; for professional students
Patricia Bluteau, Coventry University, UK
Commissioning culturally competent care
Tiwaola Kolapo, Middlesex University and Mental Health Commissioner, UK
WV Cares: The United States’ fi rst private-public state-wide partnership to support living well with dementia, Helen Matheny
Diagnosis & Understanding chaired by Jean Georges, CEO, Alzheimer Europe
Faith and community peer support toolkit
Amy Semple, Health Innovation Network, UK
Room 5
A tool to help understand patients experience
Deborah Thompson, The Acute Frailty Network, UK
Exploring the gifts of dementia and caregiver stress
Dr Deborah Forrest, USA
Caring and Dementia chaired by Shirley Law, Director of Learning, DSDC
Music activities and exercise for mobility wellbeing in moderate to severe dementia
Omkar Ajit Sawant, UK
The psycho-social challenges of residential care
Paul Whitby, Avon and Wiltshire NHS Trust, UK
The fl avour fi nders: Olfactory stimulation and reminiscence as therapy
Nadine Gilmour, Red Cross, Scotland
Care &
Dementia Show
Innovation Tour: Guided tour of pre-selected interior design exhibitors at Care & Dementia
Show 2015
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“The International Dementia Conference will be an extraordinarily useful event for anyone concerned with dementia whether it be from direct or indirect personal experience and professionals concerned with practice, policy or politics.”
Baroness Bakewell DBE
Concurrent Sessions - Breakout sessions following the afternoon address
Room 1 Design & Dementia Lesley Palmer, Chief Architect, DSDC
14:00 - 16:00
16:00 – 16:30
16:30 – 17:00
Room 2
Room 3
Room 4
How can a fl oor bed reduce risk of falls and injuries?
Debra Corney, Occupational Therapist, UK
Planning for dementia: Building layouts for residential care
Damian Hutton, University of Newcastle, Australia
Room design impact on senses and people with dementia
Andrea Harman, Saint Gobain Ecophon, UK
The Great Outdoors Sean Hughes, DSDC Trainer
When gardens improve well-being and social-life
Marion Villez, DSDC International Advisory Board Member, France
Nature environments for a brain healthy life
Gareth Chalfont, Expert on gardens and health, UK
Creative spaces: Nature’s role in dementia care
The Sensory Trust, UK
Housing and Dementia – chaired by Domini Gunn, Chartered Institute of Housing
How a housing organisation can become dementia friendly
Denise Brennan, The Guinness Partnership, UK
Best practice in housing for dementia
April Dobson, Abbeyfi eld, Sonia Mangan, Croftlands and Rebecca Davies, Orbit Housing
Small is beautiful: How change can be affected in a housing organisation
Linda Milton, Waltham Forest Housing
Staying Home With Self Care Jilly Polson, DSDC Trainer and Occupational Therapist
Psychosocial solutions to stay at home as long as possible
Sue Provost, UK
Room 5
Dementia: A 6-step self-caring approach for main carers
Chengi Kuo, University of Strathclyde, Scotland
Facebook peer support in dementia
Yvonne Stewart, Nurse Consultant, Scotland, NHS Tayside
Competent and Confi dent Staff: Affordable, Effective Solutions at Work Pauline Cameron,
DSDC Trainer and Nurse
Less stress & more energy with Mind Chi, UK
Vanda North
Dementia training to create sustainable attitude changes for care staff
Wendy Perry, Balhousie UK
Improving dementia care in emergency departments
Paula Paton and Julie Thakore, NHS Tayside
Care &
Dementia Show
Innovation Tour: Guided tour of pre-selected interior design exhibitors at Care & Dementia
Show 2015
Main Room
The Plenary – The afternoon delegate address
Dr Manuel Carrasco – A highly successful family education programme – news from Spain
Professor Tara Cortes, New York University, Caring for Dementia; news from the USA
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“The International Dementia Conference provides a unique opportunity for health, social care and other workers from all sectors, private, statutory and third sector to meet and learn from each other, and hear from global experts in the fi eld of dementia care, alongside people with dementia and their carers.”
Professor June Andrews
09:00 – 09:05
09:05 – 09:35
09:35 – 10:05
10:05 – 10:30
The Plenary – the morning introductory address
Main Room
Introduction from chair: Professor June Andrews
Helping consumers and businesses with money and fraud by Sara Lenz Lock, AARP Washington
Caring for dementia, news from the USA: Professor Tara Cortes, New York University
Starting a dementia service and training, learning from India: Dr Sridhar Vaitheswaran
Concurrent Sessions - Breakout sessions following the morning address
Room 1 Design & Dementia Lesley Palmer, Chief Architect, DSDC
Drovers House, Rugby: The ’mini-mart’ – infl uences and the benefi ts
Martin Quirke, PozzoniArchitects, UK
Hello Holly, welcome back! A new solution to unwanted exiting dementia threshold
RichardMzuch, IBI Group,UK
Familiarisation and personalisation; New dementia assessment units
Nigel Pilkington, DLA Freeman White, UK
Room 2 Spotlight on Excellence in Care Homes Joanne AGNELLI , Four Seasons
Refl ective practice in dementia care:
The therapeutic lie, the ethics of doll therapy (Bold) Gary Mitchell, Four Seasons, Northern Ireland
‘Dementia Friends’ training for undergraduate nurses
Jessie McGreevy, Four Seasons Care, Northern Ireland
11:00-12:30
Room 3
Room 4
Room 5
Care &
Dementia Show
Promoting person centred language in clinical practice and society
Joanne Agnella, Four Seasons Care, Northern Ireland
Research Roundup Kevin Charras, Fondation Mederic Alzheimer
Research into physical activity for people living with dementia in UK care homes
Corrinne Greasley Adams, University of Stirling, Scotland
Dementia knowledge exchange:
A social media platform for PhD students, how to share knowledge fast, Anna Tatton
A RADIQL approach to social health care
Belinda Sosinowicz, Age Exchange, UK
Our Dementia Plans NHS South Tees
Evaluating the impact of nurse champions within an acute medical ward
Elizabeth Swanson, South Tees Hospital, UK
Professional education team changing cultures through education and service improvement
Helen Louise Robinson South
Quantitative measurement of staff attitudes to patients with dementia in the cardiac catheter labs South Tees Hospital, UK
New Ideas and Engagement in Dementia Pauline Cameron, Dementia Trainer and Nurse
Project e-ma: Transposing arts-based practice for civic engagement
Andrew Woollock, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland
Dementia care in a forensic setting, in a low secure unit
Lisa Taylor, Partnerships in Care, UK
Dementia case-fi nding tool in care homes
Aileen Jackson
Innovation Tour: Guided tour of pre-selected interior design exhibitors at Care & Dementia
Show 2015
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“The International Dementia Conference will highlight best practice in dementia care from all four corners of the world – it should not be missed.”
Professor Alistair Burns, National Clinical Director for Mental Health in
Older People and Dementia
14:00-15:30
16:00 – 16:45
16:45 – 17:00
Room 1 Design & Dementia Lesley Palmer, Chief Architect, DSDC
Room 2
Room 3
Room 4
Planning for dementia etc, University of Newcastle,
Martin Quirke
Dementia friendly GP surgery project
Katherine Barbour, Wessex Academic Health Science Network, University of Southampton, UK
Noise and dementia: A Salford university Ecophon study
Andrea Harman, UK
Integration and Individualisation Ingrid Wuenning, Robert Bosch Foundation
Integrated care in dementia care homes: Improving outcomes and local health services
Nadine Gilmore, Halton CIC, UK
Ethical issues in daily practice: A team awareness process
Marie-jo Martinez, France
Personalised music towards a protocol
Anna Paisley, Glasgow Caledonian and Play List for Life,Scotland
Ethics and Care at The End of Life Prof Allan House, University of Leeds
New team support people with dementia at the end of life
Sian Harrison Dementia UK
Facts, feelings and fears: Supporting families through dementia and end of life
Mary Schulz, Alzheimers Society, Canada
Optimising palliative care in care home settings
Joan Agnelli, Four Seasons, Northern Ireland
Technology Solutions Dr Sridhar Vaitheswaran
Attitudes towards home adaptations for people with dementia
Fran Allan, University of Warwick, UK
How people with dementia and carers make it work for them Dr Grant Gibson, University of Stirling, Scotland
Techno winners slot (TBC) Presentation of the best IT/AT from the Care & Dementia Show
Art and Dementia Excellence Mark Butler, The People Organisation Room 5
The role of music in dementia care
Angela Gray, Enterprise Music
Different art forms hit different sweet spots: Arts Council and Barings funded project creating art “bundles” Erik Geelhoed, Falmouth University, UK
Sense and sensation of clay sculptures with people with dementia
Sumita Chauhan, University of Kent, UK
Care &
Dementia Show
Innovation Tour: Guided tour of pre-selected interior design exhibitors at Care & Dementia
Show 2015
The Plenary – The afternoon delegate address
Politics and health care: Open mike led by Mark Butler – International leaders and plenary speaker
Main Room
Conclusions from chair: Professor June Andrews
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KEY REASONS TO ATTEND
• Learn about best practice dementia care from international speakers
• Identify trends that your organisation will need to tackle in the future
• Networking opportunities with your colleagues and peers
• Be part of a prestigious awards ceremony on the evening of 3rd November
• Source new innovations and suppliers that can help your clients or patients
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
• Care home and homecare providers
• Social care professionals
• NHS professionals including nursing staff
• GP’s and other primary care workers
• Researchers
• Allied health professionals including occupational therapists
• Technology specialists, designers and architects
• Housing providers
WHO WILL YOU MEET?
Join 700+ care providers and people affected by dementia from all corners of the world who share a wish to learn about best practice dementia care. Confi rmed delegates for the 2015 conference include senior managers and business owners from:
• Abbeyfi eld
• ABMU Health Board
• Age UK
• AHR Architects Ltd
• Alzheimer Society of Canada
• Amara Care Limited
• Anchor
• Archial Norr
• Balhousie Care Group
• Banner Alzheimer’s Institute
• Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute
• Bournville Village Trust
• Bracknell Forest Homes
• British Red Cross
• Caring Homes Group Ltd
• Chorus Care
• Cofely Workplace Limited
• Coventry University
• Care Quality Commission
• Cramlington House
• Dementia Care
• Dementia End of Life Practice
Development Team
• Gloucestershire Care Services
• Health Innovation Network South London
• Home Instead Nottingham
• Innovations in Dementia
• Jewish Care Scotland
• Kingsley Healthcare Limited
• Larchwood Court Ltd
• Leonard Cheshire Disability
• London Borough of Richmond & Richmond
Clinical Commissioning Group
• London South Bank University
• Ludlow Street Healthcare Group LTD
• Maesbrook Care Home
• Majesticare
• Maria Mallaband Care Group
• Maybrook platinum care services
• Metropolitan
• New Care Projects Ltd
• New Century Care LTD
• NHS
• NHS Tayside
• North Warren Care Ltd
• Pennaf Housing Group
• PJ Care Ltd
• Poole Housing Partnership
• Saint Gobain Ecophon
• Sensory Trust
• Shared Lives Plus
• Sheffcare Ltd
• Spacezero
• Springfi eld Healthcare Group
• St Cloud Care Limited
• Sutton in the Elms Care Home
• The Marlay Nursing Home
• Thurrock Council
• Trident Reach the People Charity
• University of Wolverhampton
• Warwickshire County Council
• Wessex care Ltd
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WHAT’S INCLUDED?
• Discussion and debate with industry leaders
• Access to over 250 suppliers showcasing the latest healthcare products
• Refreshments and lunch
• Networking opportunities with a broad
international spectrum of dementia experts
CONFERENCE RATES
2 Day Conference Inc Awards £599 +VAT
2 Day Conference £499 +VAT
1 Day Conference Inc Awards £450 +VAT
1 Day Conference
Awards Only
£350 +VAT
£100 +VAT
“This innovative conference and exhibition will highlight global success in implementing dementia service and training programmes to inspire anyone affected by dementia today - I am delighted to be part of the trail-blazing speaker line-up.”
Professor Sridhar Vaitheswaran
Consultant Psychiatrist Aita-Menni Hospital Psychiatric Research Institute
THE VENUE
The conference will take place at the Vox, a newly constructed conference centre, just a short walk to the NEC, Birmingham. The
Vox brings together fi rst class facilities in a great location, minutes from the
NEC. It’s the perfect venue choice and one where we can provide extra support for carers and delegates with dementia.
“Hospital care standards are fundamental to the long-term care of those affected by dementia today. Staff training is key and it is an honour to share our experience of developing dementia care in Hong Kong hospitals at this new International Dementia
Conference.”
Professor Timothy Kwok
Director of Jockey Club Centre for Positive Ageing Department of
Medicine & Therapeutics
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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ORGANISED BY:
The Dementia Services Development
Centre, UK and the Care & Dementia Show established the International Dementia
Awards to recognise organisations and individuals who have worked to improve the quality of life of people with dementia.
The awards celebrate the important work being undertaken to support people with dementia internationally and are a celebration of innovation and good practice. The judging panel will decide who to celebrate from among the tremendous work that is being done in the UK and across the world.
AWARD CATEGORIES ARE
AS FOLLOWS:
• Dementia & the Arts
• Dementia Leader of the Year
• Dementia Festival Award
• Service Innovation Team of the Year
• Dementia Design Innovation of the Year
• Housing and Dementia
WHEN & WHERE
The awards will be presented by Baroness Joan Bakewell as the centrepiece of the conference dinner on Tuesday 3rd November
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