Living Well With Dementia: The Strategy One Year On

Introduction

As the population ages, the number of people with dementia is set to double over the next 20 years. So how can practitioners and service managers rise to this enormous challenge?

This event will cover the positive achievements one-year on from the launch of the National Dementia Strategy and how to implement the strategy effectively in day-to-day practice.

Improving early diagnosis and the quality of care provided can help people with dementia lead more independent lives. Improving the quality if care, tackling stigma and promoting dignity in all settings, will be vital if the strategy’s ambitions are to be achieved.

Our conference will work within the framework of the National Dementia Strategy, featuring best practice presentations from organisations that are putting its objectives into practice.

Benefits

• Understand quality person-centred dementia care within residential care dynamics and those within housing support
• Learn from the real life experiences and feedback of service users and their carers
• Update your knowledge of NICE/DH guidance on drugs within dementia to improve patients’ quality of life
• Delivering on personalisation for people with Dementia
• Assessment and regulation update
• Debate and hear best practice on joint-working between social, health, the voluntary sector and private sector providers
• Gain insights into the Department of Health demonstrator pilots
• Network, share and learn with other professionals working with people who have Dementia

Plus: A special presentation on Dementia in adults who have learning disabilities

Who Should Attend

• Social work practitioners working with people with dementia
• Managers and senior staff working in residential and nursing homes for older people and people with dementia
• Doctors, nurses and allied health professionals working with people with dementia
• Board directors and senior managers in the NHS with responsibilities for dementia services
• Directors and Managers of Mental Health services dealing with dementia
• Managers of day centres for Older People
• Charities or voluntary sector organisations offering services and support for older people or those with dementia