Conference 2012
We are pleased to announce
4th International Dementia Care Conference
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Join the follow on day on 31st May for an event dedicated to new pioneering dementia initiatives. A set of 3 Master Classes with Cameron Camp PhD.
This year's conference is being hosted in Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel, Killiney, Co Dublin. The Main Conference will be held 30th May and promises to be the most stimulating event this year for those who care for older people with dementia.
Planned talk and sessions will be led by international US, UK and national speakers. Each talk reveals the very latest research, practice and evidence into what is making a difference in dementia care today.
More than 20 speakers in all. Six parallel session options.
This event is ideal for Directors of Nursing, Managers, Nursing staff, Activity Co-ordinators and all other care professionals involved with people with dementia.
This year for the first time we are hosting a follow on event on 31st May 201 2: Cameron Camp Master Classes set of 3 Master Classes with world renowned Dementia Research & Development Specialist form the USA, Cameron Camp PhD.
For quick preview of the two day event click here
Key speakers
Cameron Camp, Director of Research and Development at the Center for Applied Research in Dementia, Cleveland, Ohio, and Adjunct Professor of Psychology in four universities in the US and Australia.
Professor Bob Woods, Professor of Clinical Psychology of Older People at Bangor University, Wales, UK.
Maria Parsons, Director of ARTZ-UK and founding member of the Creative Dementia Arts Network.
Mary O’Donnell, Inspector with the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA)
Suzanne Cahill, Director of the Dementia Services Information and Development’s (DSIDC) Research Programme, St James Hospital; Research Senior Lecturer School of Social Work and Social Policy in TCD and co-author of the recently published Research Review for Ireland’s National Dementia Strategy.
Professor June Andrews, Director of the Dementia Services Development Centre at the University of Stirling.
Anne Harris, Director of the National Advocacy Programme Alliance (NAPA), Third Age.
Parallel Sessions
What are the parallel session options?
Parallel Sessions this year are topic-based and allow for a few speakers to share their successful models and how they are positively contributing to the care of people with dementia in the residential setting.
1. Reducing emergency admissions & improving the hospital experience
2. Bringing people's stories to life: Arts, Technology & Dementia
3. Effecting change from the inside: Leadership roles in dementia care
4. The End of the Dementia Journey: Advances in end of life care
5. Dancing with Dementia: Visual Arts, Music, and Dance
6. Hearthstone Alzheimer Care, New York: A whole new model of care
Cameron Camp Master Classes
Cameron Camp Master Classes 31st May 2012
Sonas aPc is pleased to announce that Cameron Camp will extend his first ever visit to Ireland with an extra day to deliver a set of 3 Master Classes on his pioneering dementia care initiatives. Underpinned by research, the initiatives are designed to alleviate behaviours that cares find challenging and increase the level of functioning of people with dementia.
