A journey of passion and purpose.
Hosted by Dementia Australia WA, Dementia Australia's 12th National Conference was held in Perth, WA, 29 May to 1 June 2007 and boasted a record attendance of 950 participants.
Day One - Wednesday
Dementia Day Care Centre Design : Virtual Tour of Contemporary Best Practice
Claudia Kennedy
The Experience of Allied Health Staff Working in a Sub-acute Dementia Specific Ward
Jenni Barnett
Research in Australia - Our Contribution
Henry Brodaty AO
Mind your Mind - Dementia Australia's Dementia Risk Reduction Program
Joint Presentation with David Oliver & Anne Connor
Planning Ahead Living With Dementia and Ensuring a Secure Financial Future
Steven Cowell
Simple strategies for complex behaviours - Do you know your ABCs?
Angela Crombie
Images of the Mind: Sharing Impressions of People Living with Dementia - The Sefton Art Project
Presented by Barbara Davison and Barbara Potter
Dementia Care Mapping: A New Direction in Dementia Care Practice
Anne Deck
The Challenges and Barriers Facing People Diagnosed with Younger Onset Dementia
Shirley Garnett
Staying at Home with Dementia - How Technology and the Environment Can Help
Marleina Hoschke
Communicating with People with Dementia
Jim Jackson
A World of Difference - Meeting the Unique and Complex Needs of People with Younger Onset Dementia and Their Families
Marilyn MacArthur
EACH Dementia - A Journey With Choice
Karen McBeath
Prevalence and Course of Depression in Cognitively Intact and Cognitively Impaired Nursing Home Residents
Kate McSweeny
What's Good About Dementia Care in Australia
Virginia Moore
Identifying Needs, Burden, and Distress of Carer's of People with Frontotemporal Dementia vs. Alzheimer's Disease
Paula Nicolaou
Caring for a Younger Person with Dementia
Tony Ramshaw
On the Road Again: Successes and Challenges in Mobile Community Dementia Risk Reduction Education
Claire Sherwood
Person Centred Care: Rhetoric, Reality and the Role of Clinical Leadership
Lorraine Venturato
Dementia Care in Hospitals Program
Mark Yates
Day Two - Thursday
On the Outside Looking in: Developing a Palliative Approach for People with Dementia - Family Members Understandings
Sharon Andrews-Hall
Educating staff in Residential Care facilities to manage Behavioural and Psychological symptoms of Dementia using a Non-Pharmacological Interventions
Robyn Attoe & Alissa Westphal
Dementia Care Clinical Nurse Consultant - Changing Dementia Care Practices in a Community Based Organisation
Judith Basile
Best Practice in Dementia Carer Support Groups: An Evidence Based Model
Jo-Ann Brown
What a Person with Dementia and her Care Partner will Want from the Aged Care Sector
Paul Bryden
From Caring to Enabling in Dementia
Marc Budge
Positive Images of Life with Younger Onset Dementia
David Anderson
Accompanied by papers from Jenny Potter and Rita McKechnie
Take Time To Smell The Roses, The 3 A’s of Therapeutic Gardens
Jason Burton
The Journey Ends: The Experience of an EACH Package Partnering with a Carer, to Assist a Person with Dementia to End Their Journey at Home
Sharyn Johnson & Kellie Callender
Flying Solo: Living Alone at Home with Dignity
Wendy Francis
The Importance of Appropriate Spiritual Care- the Perspective of a person with dementia Shirley Garnett
Developing a Career Path for Health Professionals Who Work with People with Dementia in WA
Barbara Horner
An Anchor in Chaotic Seas - Staff Perceptions of the Impact of a Systematic Meal Protocol Kirsten James
Creative Communities: A Way for Recovery of Skills in Dementia?
Presented by Hilary Lee and Wendy Hudson
Every Picture tells a Story Will be using art materials and working on tables
Jacqueline Lewis
No More Puritanical Sexuality in Residential Care: A Hopeful and Positive Approach to Sexuality in Dementia
Bernie McCarthy
The Technological Imperative - is there room for ethics?
Tim Wallace
Building Culturally Competent Care
Lily Muthurajah