After lunch, and an opportunity to participate in the lunch activities or take a stroll along the Harbour, it’s time for the first of the concurrent sessions. Delegates will nominate which session they would like to attend when registering. Some sessions may book out, so register quickly!
Following afternoon tea, there will be a lively debate around choice and duty of care.
2:15 pm Concurrent Sessions:
A: Design and Regulation – a chaired session with questions from the floor.
Confronting the critical challenges of fire safety in aged care facilities. Design versus regulation, function and safety. An expert speaker panel with robust discussion and debate.
B: Care Home and Risk
B.1: Dementia Adventure- Connecting people living with dementia in Care
Neil Mapes, Dementia Adventure CIC
B.2: Just one more drink – alcohol problems in older people.
Dr Alice Rota-Bartelink, Wintringham
B.3 – “Behaviour management” –outmoded and outdated! Focusing on how evidence can make life better for everyone” Meredith Gresham, HammondCare
C: Decisions at the end of life
C.1: “Opening Conversations”: Developing a model for the Alzheimer Society of Ireland of best practice palliative care interventions for people with dementia and their carers. Annie Dillion, Alzheimer Society of Ireland
C.2: The problem of moral risk, moral luck and moral safety in end-of-life, decision-making in dementia care. Professor Megan-Jane Johnston, Deakin University
C.3: ACP, ICPs and ethical dilemmas in end of life dementia care.
Dr David Findlay, NHS Tayside
D: Resilience & reducing risk
D.1 – “There is a life for us, if we risk it!” Is a diagnosis of dementia a risky business? Sally Osborne, Victoria University
D.2 – Risk, resilience and dementia: How do we understand resilience in the context of a person with dementia and what are the implications for practice. Julie Christie, University of Stirling
D.3 – Dementia – Ignorance is Risk. Michael Darragh, General’s Garden China
E: Risk of change
Key issues of managing change: This concurrent provides an opportunity to engage directly on the key issues of change management. Professor June Andrews is a leader on supporting change across a range care systems. Professor June Andrews
3:45 pm Afternoon Tea
4:15 pm Debate: Risk, Rights and Freedom
A showdown between choice and duty of care… can these work together?
5:00pm Close of Day 1
Those attending the International Dementia Excellence Awards will make their way to the Art exhibiton at 5:00pm.