08:15-09:00 |
Registration & Networking |
09:00-10:00 |
1st Morning Plenary |
09:00 |
Chair`s Joint Opening Address |
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Angela Rippon CBE (confirmed) Co-chair, Dementia Friendly Communities Champions Group |
Gina Shaw (confirmed) Ambassador, Alzheimer`s Society |
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09:10 |
Dementia Awareness and Social Action |
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Kathryn Smith (confirmed) Director of Operations, Alzheimer`s Society |
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- The impact of the Dementia Friends programme
- Lessons learned from the programme
- Why we need Dementia Friendly Communities
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09:25 |
Questions and Answers |
09:35 |
Quality Matters to People Using Services |
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- Why listening to the voice of people using services, their families and carers is so important
- Learning from good practice
- Making a difference
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09:50 |
Questions and Answers |
10:00-10:45 |
Coffee & Networking |
10:45-11:35 |
2nd Morning Plenary |
10:45 |
Challenges of dementia |
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- When you’ve met one person with dementia ……
- Dementia rarely travels alone
- The Well Pathway for dementia
- Dementia Friends
- Future initiative
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11:00 |
Questions and Answers |
11:10 |
Public Health England Dementia Intelligence Network |
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Dr Charles Alessi (confirmed) Senior Advisor and Lead for Dementia, Public Health England |
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11:25 |
Questions and Answers |
11:35-11:45 |
Comfort Break |
11:45-12:10 |
Case Study 1 |
11:45 |
Raising Awareness of Dementia Through Film |
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Jan Zietara (confirmed) Head of Operational Delivery, Health Education England |
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12:10-12:35 |
Case Study 2 |
12:10 |
Treatments of Tomorrow: dementia research and drug discovery |
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Dr Matthew Norton (confirmed) Director of Policy and Strategy, Alzheimer`s Research UK |
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MSD has provided support for the logistics of this session but had no involvement in content or selection of speakers
- An overview of the dementia research landscape, including funding and progress with the new Dementia Research Institute
- Current progress in drug discovery
- Preparing for future treatments
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12:35-13:35 |
Lunch in the Network Surgery |
13:35-14:15 |
2 Workshops Running Concurrently - Engaging with people with dementia and carers |
13:35 |
Workshop A - Hidden Carers, hidden skills? Ensuring the voices of expert carers are heard |
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Louise Langham (confirmed) Carer Engagement & Development Lead, tide – ‘together in dementia everyday’ |
Shahid Mohammed (confirmed) Founder, BME Health and Wellbeing |
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13:35 |
Workshop B - Dementia: From the inside out |
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Agnes Houston MBE (confirmed) Churchill Fellow, DAI Board Member |
Paul Thomas (confirmed) Co-ordinator, The Dementia Engagement & Empowerment Project (DEEP) |
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14:15-15:45 |
Afternoon Plenary |
14:20 |
Chair`s Joint Introduction to the Afternoon |
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Angela Rippon CBE (confirmed) Co-chair, Dementia Friendly Communities Champions Group |
Gina Shaw (confirmed) Ambassador, Alzheimer`s Society |
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14:30 |
Dementia Friendly Communities - the role of councils |
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Sarah Pickup OBE (confirmed) Deputy Chief Executive, Local Government Association |
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- What is a dementia friendly community?
- Why should councils be interested?
- A framework for action including good practice examples
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14:45 |
Dementia and the prevention challenge – a view from NICE |
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Professor Gillian Leng CBE (confirmed) Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Health and Social Care, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) |
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- NICE guidance on prevention
- Early diagnosis and treatment
- Standards and progress to date
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15:00 |
The role of the Admiral Nurse in the dementia pathway |
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15:15-15:40 |
Afternoon Q&A Panel Debate |
15:40-15:45 |
Chairs Closing Remarks |
15:45-16:10 |
Coffee, Networking & Prize Draw |