Addressing the Challenges of Dementia 2021
Online Conference 25 May 2021, 9:00am - 26 May 2021, 2:00pm
Day 1
9:00am
Online Registration
9:30am
Chair’s Welcome Address
Grace Meadows, Campaign Director, Music for Dementia
9:40am
Keynote Address: The Challenges Of Dementia Research In The Time of Covid
- Research has been set back by the pandemic and early career researchers have been particularly badly affected
- The pandemic has highlighted the vulnerability of those living with dementia and the need to understand the reasons
- The long term effects of Covid on cognition is an important research question
- The rapid development of vaccines shows what can be done and the importance of political support
Professor Martin Rossor, National Director for Dementia Research, National Institute for Health Research
10:00am
Keynote Address: Putting In Place More Streamlined And Consistent Diagnostic Services Across The Country For People With Dementia: A New Roadmap for Dementia Care
- Assessing the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on people with dementia: interruption to treatments and prevention of people getting a dementia diagnosis
- Providing more training to GPs so that they can spot the rare symptoms of younger people with dementia
- Giving an accurate diagnosis of dementia subtype to ensure that patients get the tailored care they need
- Improving data collection to achieve a marked improvement in the current regional variation and set a benchmark for the quality CCGs should be aiming for
- Streamlining the dementia pathway with clear roles and responsibilities at each stage
Fiona Carragher, Director of Research and Influencing, Alzheimer’s Society and Sasha Bozeat, Senior International Medical Affairs Manager, Roche Diagnostics and Gaye Payne, Dementia Voice Volunteer, Alzheimer’s Society
10:40am
Questions And Answers Session
11:05am
Break And Networking
11:35am
Should GPs Test For Dementia?
Dr Sam Creavin, NHIR Clinical Lead, University of Bristol Medical School
11:55am
Voluntary and Community Voice During The COVID-19 Pandemic
- An opportunity to share the headlines from a collaborative project to capture the Voice of VCSE Leaders working through COVID-19 pandemic
- The pandemic has shown the Sector at its best, how it has adapted and responded speedily to needs, to support their members and local communities
- There is lots of best practice, learning and strengths that can be drawn from the Sector response during the pandemic and will be helpful as we navigate Unlocking and Rebuilding over the coming months and years
- Know Dementia CEO to share her experience of working through the pandemic
Cheryl Berry, Community Partnership Lead and Community Involvement Worker, Healthwatch West Sussex and Jennie Morrison-Cowan, CEO, Know Dementia
12:35pm
Questions And Answers Session
1:00pm
Chairs Summary And Close
Day 2
9:00am
Online Registration
9:30am
Chair’s Welcome Address
Robert Waterson, Director of Careers and Enterprise & Senior Lecturer in Nursing, University of East London
9:40am
Music For Dementia – Making Music An Everyday Part Of Care
Grace Meadows, Campaign Director, Music for Dementia
10:00am
Human Rights Based Approaches To Dementia Support And Care
Dr Sarah Butchard, Clinical Psychologist, Mersey Care NHS Trust
10:20am
Precision Medicine For Dementia: Leveraging Integrated Big Data
Professor Peter Garrard, Professor of Neurology, St George's University of London
10:40am
Questions And Answers Session
11:05am
Break And Networking
11:35am
Case Study: Supporting People Living With Dementia And Their Carers To Use Nature As A Tool For Resilience, Connection And Community Post-Covid
Ellie Robinson-Carter, Project Officer, Sensory Trust
11:55am
Case Study: Dementia, Housing And The Built Environment
- How the build environment can be adapted to improve safety and support and enable people with dementia to live independently
- Considering the design and location of housing for older people for mainstream or specialist housing
- Raising awareness of the key principles of good design including safety, visual clues, clearly defined rooms and outside space
- Creating community-centred extra care housing that is dementia-friendly
- Covid-19 and town planning changes in the longer term
Sarah Lewis MRTPI, Planning Practice Officer, Royal Town Planning Institute
12:15pm
Responding To The Economic Challenges Of Dementia
- Dementia already imposes high costs on individuals, families, and society more generally
- Those costs are projected to increase rapidly over the coming decades
- What can be done to help to contain those costs, whilst simultaneously improving the health and wellbeing of people living with dementia and their carers?
- Evidence will be presented from the MODEM study and other research carried out at LSE
Professor Martin Knapp, Director, NIHR School for Social Care Research
12:35pm
Questions And Answers Session
1:00pm
Chairs Summary And Close
1:00pm
Consultation