How Best Can We Deliver Excellent Joined-Up Services For People With Dementia?
14 December 2009, 14:18PM - 24 March 2010, 14:18PM
KEY SEMINAR ON TAKING FORWARD THE NATIONAL DEMENTIA STRATEGY
HOW BEST CAN WE DELIVER EXCELLENT JOINED-UP SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA?
- PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA ARE PEOPLE OF WORTH & DIGNITY
- SEEING THE PERSON WITHIN
- TAKING FORWARD THE NATIONAL DEMENTIA STRATEGY AND GOVERNMENT’S ACTION PLANS
Wednesday 24th March, 2010 - The Queens Hotel, Leeds
Contributors include
· Simon Williams, Association of Directors and Adult Social Services
· Dr Jim Eccles, Working Party on Ethical Issues, Nuffield Council on Bioethics
· Dr Mervyn Eastman, President, Practitioner Alliance Against Abuse of Vulnerable Adults
· Dr Viniti Seabrooke, BME Development Manager, Alzheimer’s and Dementia Support Services,Kent
· Dr Ita O’Donovan, Chief Executive, London Borough of Haringey
· Dr Linda Patterson, Consultant Physician, East Lancashire PCT
· Senior Officials : Department of Health
For Dementia
Alzheimer’s Research Trust
Issues Covered
· How will the National Dementia Strategy affect the delivery of services over the next five years?
· How can we ensure the strategy has impact for 700k people and their families?
· What is it like to live with dementia?
· What will be the impact of appointing a Dementia Tsar and Clinical Director?
· How best can we enable early intervention and early treatment?
· How can we improve the quality of care for people once they are diagnosed at all stages of their illness?
· What is it like to live with dementia?
· How will dementia training be developed for all practitioners?
· How best can services be planned to ensure that people’s needs are met at all stages of their illness?
· How can we guarantee commitment form all stakeholders to the transformation of dementia care?
· How can we ensure that local commissioners will factor dementia into their planning?
· How can we improve the quality of care for people once they are diagnosed?
· How best should we administer and use antipsychotic drugs?
· How should we tackle agitation and aggression?
· How can we improve public and professional attitudes and understanding?
· How can we begin to reduce stigma?
· How will dementia training be developed for all practitioners?
· How can we guarantee commitment from all stakeholders to transformation of dementia care?
· How can we ensure local commissioners factor in dementia to their planning?
· Where can we hope to be in ten years time?
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