The Power is Now: Moving on Dementia.
Hosted by Dementia Australia SA, Dementia Australia's 13th National Conference was held in Adelaide South Australia, 2-5 June 2009.
Day One - Wednesday 3 June 2009
Moving on Dementia
Professor Richard, Head Director Preventative Health National Research Flagship.
CALD Dementia from the Margin to the Mainstream
Pino Migliorino, Cultural Perspectives / CIRCA Research.
I'm Still Here
Cameron J Camp, Director of Research and Product Development Hearthstone Alzheimer Care.
Does Australia Need a Wandering Registry? - A comparative view of the Canadian and United States experience
Fran Larkey Gethen, Wesley Mission Brisbane
The Daisy Risk Assessment - For Clients Living with Dementia in the Community
Celeste Bond, Upper Hunter Dementia Advisory Service
Memory Efficacy in People with Alzheimer's Disease: Self-Reports, Perceptions of Others and Memory Rehabilitation
Chris Materne & Mary Luszcz, Flinders University
Enabling People with Dementia as Advocates
Shirley Garnett & Anne McLean, Dementia Australia WA
Inspiring Dementia Care
Helen Walker, Dementia Australia ACT
The Use of Concept Mapping to Enhance Staff Knowledge and Management of Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia
Suzanne Aberdeen, Latrobe University
The CADRES Study: Making a difference for the person with dementia through Person- Centred Care
Lynn Chenoweth, Professor of Aged & Extended Care Nursing UTS & SESIAHS
Maintaining People's Passion Through Community Participation
Angie Chicarella, Dementia Social Links Coordinator - Northern region of Adelaide
Mind your Mind to Reduce Your Risk of Dementia
C Cooper, Dementia Australia Victoria
Living On with Early Stage Dementia: Consumer Consultation Project 2007
Katherine Elding, ECH Inc
Engaging Young People on the Dementia Journey: The Benefits of Intergenerational Exchange
Diana FitzGerald, Dementia Australia Vic
Implementing Best Practice Dementia Care in a Transition Care Program
Rachel Fullgrabe & Kim Garlick, Western Health Transition Care Program
Dementia: An Emergency Services Response
Julie Harris, Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board
Developing Cultural Considerations for Best Practice Guidelines for BPSD Management, for A&TSI People Outside Major Urban Areas for Use by DBMAS Providers
Mary Ingrames NT DBMAS
Developing Expertise in Dementia Care in Hospitals: The Dementia Champions Project
Nina Graham & Pam Nichols, Dementia Australia WA Ltd
Out of the Shadows: Development and Evaluation of a Best Practice Community Care Program for People Living with Dementia
Russell Nunn & Christine While, Royal District Nursing Service
Day Two - Thursday 4 June 2009
What Does Pallative Care Mean and Does Dementia Need It?
Dr Julian C. Hughes, Consultant and honorary clinical senior lecturer in old age psychiatry, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and the Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, UK
Person Centred Dementia Care
Professor Dawn Brooker, University of Worcester Association for Dementia Studies UK
Future Dementia Care and Evaluating the Efficiency of the Dementia Initiative
Penny Taylor, Associate Director, Access Economic
Staying at Home With Dementia - How Technology and the Environment Can Help
Marleina Hoschke, Baptist Community Services - NSW & ACT
How to Interact with a Person with Dementia: A DVD and Workbook for Undergraduate Health Care Students on Person Centred Care
Anita De Bellis, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Flinders University
The Australian Imaging, Biomarkers and Lifestyle Study: Examining Early Diagnostic and Lifestyle Intervention Strategies for Alzheimer's disease
Kathryn Ellis University of Melbourne
A Longitudinal Study of Caregiver Wellbeing
Lynsey Brown & Malcolm Bond, Flinders University
Evaluation of an Outreach Follow-up Service to Clients Receiving a Diagnosis of Dementia
Carolyn Matthews & Michele Mew, Cognitive, Dementia & Memory Service (CDAMS)
Montessori Methods in Practice
Lori McLeod, Dementia Australia Sunshine Coast Inc
In Their Own Words: A Community Theatre Project of Carers' Stories Told in Spoken Word and Song
Julie Statkus, Latrobe Community Health Service
A New Method to Measure Cellular Toxicity of Non-Fibrillar and Fibrillar Alzheimer's AB Peptide Using Yeast
Prashant Bharadwaj, CSIRO, Edith Cowan University
Day Three - Friday 5 June 2009
Patterns of Practice as an Approach to Ethics
Dr Julian C Hughes, Consultant and honorary clinical senior lecturer in old age psychiatry, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and the Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, UK
Dementia : A Consumer Directed Future
Glenn Rees, CEO Dementia Australia
Navigating Grief and Loss Experiences in the Dementia Journey, Turning Research into Practice: A Module for Leaders of Dementia Support Groups
Lyndell Huskins, Dementia Australia NSW
The Value of Age Appropriate Services for Those with Younger Onset Dementia
Alison Easton, The Ella Centre
Younger Onset: The Move Towards Specialist Services and Support
Anne McLean, Dementia Australia WA
Dementia, Parkinson's Disease and Dementia with Lewy Bodies
Kathryn Nicholson, The University of Melbourne
The Link Between Spirituality and Well-being in People with Dementia
Kirstin Robertson-Gillam, Dementia Australia NSW
Why is SPECIAL Special? Explaining the UK SPECIAL Program (Specialised Early Care for Alzheimer's and Other Dementias)
Helen Walker, Dementia Australia ACT
Evaluation of Dementia Australia Victoria Memory Lane Cafes
Betty Haralambous, National Ageing Research Institute