Dementia Care Seminar Programme 2011 - Care Show Birmingham

Wednesday 22 June*

Time	Session	Speaker
10.15 - 11.00	Promoting good relationships in dementia care Good dementia care • is all about good relationships! • is all about good physical care! • is all about good well-being!	Dr Trevor Adams CQ3 Training
11.15 - 12.00	Addressing the challenges of catering for those with dementia and associated conditions • Malnutrition • Dealing with eating and swallowing difficulties • Special dietary requirements, food preferences and hydration	Lee Sheppard apetito
12.15 - 13.00	Nutrition in dementia • Is malnutrition inevitable in dementia? • How can you provide adequate nutrition? • How can you provide adequate hydration?	Fiona Scott Norfolk & Norwich NHS Trust
13.15 - 14.00	Medication for people with dementia - Panel Debate Using medication to treat care home residents with dementia is a complicated and sometimes controversial method. The Care Shows are pleased to present a panel of experts who will be able to dispel myths and field questions from care professionals encountering this subject in their working lives. If you have any questions that you would like to submit to the panel ahead of the show please email chris.edwards@ubm.com.	Ian Turner, Royal Nursing Home Association Clive Evers, Alzheimer's Society David Pruce, Protomed & the Former Head of Pharmacy Practice at the Royal Pharmacuetical Society Ann Johnson, appearing in a personal capacity
14.15 - 15.00	Opportunities to support people on their journey with dementia • Identifying dementia • Living well with dementia • End of life care	Joanna Lenham Social Care Institute for Excellence
15.15 - 16.00	Coping with sight loss amongst people with dementia • Dementia and sight loss - four main causes of sight loss in older people • Changing the environment - the use of colour contrasting and lighting • Dementia or sight loss or both - discussion on sight loss for people with dementia	Julia Barrand RNIB

Thursday 23 June*

Time	Session	Speaker
10.15 - 11.00	Practical skills in early memory loss • Practical advice on how to work with individuals with dementia and their carers following diagnosis • Training your staff to maintain independence skills when working with individuals with dementia • Providing a supportive environment that enables individuals with dementia to experience wellbeing throughout the course of their condition	Suzy England Set 2 Work
11.15 - 12.00	The impact of good dementia training • Why dementia training is needed • What Alzheimer's Society dementia training looks like • What changes we've seen	Saskia Gretton Alzheimer's Society
12.15 - 13.00	Protecting people with dementia from unwanted phone calls • Those with Alzheimers can often say “Yes” to anything they are offered over the phone • Telephone scams often target the elderly and vulnerable – particularly identity theft In addition elderly people can have other problems with their phone:- • They can leave the phone off the hook which renders them uncontactable and disables their pendant alarm system • Some people with Alzheimers are ‘compulsive diallers’ making repeated calls to the same number	Steve Smith trueCall Ltd
13.15 - 14.00	Shop with care - A new activity for health & social care • Retail therapy – fact or fiction • What is shop with care • How to make shopping an activity • Benefits for ‘customers’ • Benefits for ‘personal shoppers’ • Benefits for care businesses	Tony Duke Shop with Care
14.15 - 15.00	Enhancing the environment for people living with dementia • How to reduce incontinence episodes • Improve wayfinding and orientation • Nutrition and hydration - effective crockery	Karen Clayton FIND

*Topics and speaker details are subject to change.

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