Whose Challenging Behaviours- Meeting the Needs of Older People with Dementia
Seminar Information
29 April - 30 April 2010
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- To highlight strategies for managing behaviours that affect access to and the delivery of services/care for older people with cognitive impairment, including what works well and what doesn't work so well.
- To showcase patient centred approaches, models of service delivery/care/respite/support, tools and techniques, and other innovations that have been proven to be effective in managing behaviours that impact the care of older people with cognitive impairment.
- To demonstrate effective approaches to education and training for healthcare professionals to better enable them to delivery quality care for older people with cognitive impairment with challenging behaviour.
CONFIRMED GUESTS:
Prof Jenny Abbey
Robyn Attoe and Alissa Westphal, University of Melbourne, VIC
Prof Henry Brodaty, Professor of Age Care Mental Health, University of New South Wales, Director, Aged Care Psychiatry and Head of the Memory Disorders Clinic, Prince of Wales Hospital, Director of the Primary Dementia Collaborative Research Centre
Prof Lynnette Chenoweth, University of Technology Sydney
Colm Cunningham, Director of Operations, Dementia Services Development Centre, UK.
Colm has a vast wealth of expertise on a broad range of dementia topics. He has kindly availed himself for presentations, lectures, meetings etc during his time in Australia. Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to learn from a master. For bookings please contact us at 02-4963 5150 or email changechampions@bigpond.com
SEEKING SESSION CHAIRS:
Please email us a 6 line bio if you would like to Chair a session at this seminar. Sessions must be articulate and confident enough to 1. introduce the speakers 2. keep the session running to time 3. call for questions at the end of the session. How easy is that? Each chair receives a complimentary registration to attend the seminar.
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