Upcoming events
Conferences and events of interest to dementia care professionals
Pick's Disease Support Group Annual Seminar: Fronto-Temporal Dementia
Date: 7 March 2012
Location: 33 Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG
PDSG hold their annual seminar - this year looking at Fronto-Temporal Dementia. The seminar takes place at the National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery in the lecture theatre.
09.30 - 9.40 Welcome
John Rendell, Chairman, PDSG
9.40 - 10.00 PDSG: The past year...an update.
Jill Walton, Nurse Adviser/Support Group Co-ordinator, PDSG
10.00 - 10.40 Rare Disease
Alastair Kent OBE, Chair, Rare Disease UK and Director, Genetic Alliance UK
10.40 -11.10 Coffee
11.10 -11.50 The Brains for Dementia Research Initiative
Professor Paul Francis, Director, Brains for Dementia Research
Postmortem biochemical studies of neurotransmission in FTLD
Professor Paul Francis, Director, Brans for Dementia Research
11-50 - 12-30 tbc Research update: What do FTD neurons show/Unlocking the secrets of the brain...what we can find out from post mortem tissue
Dr Selina Wray, Research Fellow, Institute of Neurology
12.30 - 1.45 Lunch
1.45 - 2.40 Question and Answer Session
Professor Nick Fox, Dementia Research Centre
2.40 - 3.20 Approaches to Managing Behaviour and Maintaining Functional Independence
Sheila Pickering, RMN and Susan Howell, Speech and Language Specialist
3.20 - 4.00 The unmarked road to diagnosis
Beverly Schofield, whose husband was diagnosed with FTD in 2011
4.00 Close
To book, contact Jill Walton jill@pdsg.org.uk , or telephone 0845 458 3208
Cost: £75 for Professionals £10 for Caregivers payable to PDSG and post cheques to Jill Walton, 22 Brushwood Drive, Chorleywood, Herts, WD3 5RT
International Conference of Alzheimer's Disease International
Date: 7-10 March 2012
Location: ExCel London, E16 1XL
Alzheimer's Society UK is delighted to be co-hosting the 27th International Conference of Alzheimer's Disease International, 7-10 March 2012 at ExCel London.
London in 2012 will be an exciting city as it prepares for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Olympic motto Faster, Higher, Stronger, reflects three very important areas of our cause: the speed with which we need to move to find a cure; our increasingly higher aspirations for those living with the condition and how much stronger we become by working together as a worldwide movement.
Parallel sessions at the conference will focus on three themes: Science, Fact, Fiction, with all three strands brought together into plenary sessions and debates that concern us all.
We are particularly proud that this year's conference will be the first of its kind to have sessions led by people living with dementia, ensuring that those with first hand experience are at the heart of discussions.
To find out more see adi2012.org
2012 BGS Spring Scientific Meeting
Date: 16-18 May 2012
Location: Llandudno, Wales
The 2012 Spring Scientific meeting of the British Geriatrics Society is open to all professionals with interest in the field of geriatric medicine and care of older people. The conference will be opening on Wednesday afternoon with a specific focus on Neurodegeneration.
Speakers will include the Welsh minister of health Lesley Griffiths, who will participate in the dignity in care session, and there will be a guest lecture on 'Health Economics of Ageing and Disability - Can We Afford to Age?' from Professor Rhiannon Tudor Edwards, Professor of Health and Economics, and the Founding Director of Health Economics Research, at Bangor University.
For more information please visit the BGS website
Dementia and Hearing Loss: A seminar to examine the relationship and management issues
Date: Wednesday 30 May 2012, 09:30 - 17:00Location: Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford
This event will include presentations & discussions on topics including: communication, auditory diagnostics, rehabilitation and cognition in patients with dementia.
Speakers include:
Jason Warren (Wellcome Trust Senior Clinical Fellow, The Dementia Research Centre, London)
Deepak Prasher (Professor of Audiology, Royal Surrey County Hospital)
Karen Bryan (Professor of Clinical Practice & Head of Division of Health and Social Care, University of Surrey)
The aims of this seminar are to bring together clinicians and researchers from across the disciplines who work in the fields of audiology, communication and dementia care and research to hear about current research and discuss the implications of hearing & communication impairment in this group of patients.
Cost: £95 (includes lunch)
To book or for enquiries please contact Elizabeth Cattermole
Email: rsc-tr.audiologyseminars@nhs.net
Tel: 01483 571122 x 4653
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