17 May 2017, 10:00 - 14:30
05/17/2017 10:00 AM
05/17/2017 02:30 PM
Europe/London
Living Well with Dementia
Seminar Dementia Awareness Week
For any queries, please contact: anna.liddle@brunel.ac.uk
For any queries, please contact: anna.liddle@brunel.ac.uk
Share this
Join our mailing list
To mark Dementia Awareness Week, our seminar will focus on promoting quality of life for people with dementia and their families and carers. We will also present our interactive public engagement activities, devised to increase awareness of the challenges faced by people with dementia.
Programme
10.00am Registration and coffee/tea
10.30am Welcome
Prof Christina Victor, Vice Dean - Research, College for Health and Life Sciences and
Theme Leader – Ageing Studies, µÚÒ»³Ô¹ÏÍøUniversity London
10.40am Exploring exploring in people with Posterior Cortical Atrophy (PCA)
Prof Mary Gilhooly, Professor of Gerontology and Health Studies, µÚÒ»³Ô¹ÏÍøUniversity London
11.15am Interventions with people with young onset dementia: individuals, families and communities
Prof Mary Pat Sullivan, Professor of Social Work and Social Gerontology and Director of Social Work,
Nipissing University, Canada and Emma Harding, PhD Student and Research Assistant, UCL
and µÚÒ»³Ô¹ÏÍøUniversity London
12.00pm Lunch
12.45pm Living well with dementia
Prof Christina Victor, Vice Dean – Research, College for Health and Life Sciences and Theme Leader – Ageing
Studies and Dr Isla Rippon, Research Fellow in Dementia Studies, µÚÒ»³Ô¹ÏÍøUniversity London
1.45pm In Their Shoes: Experiential Workshop to Raise Awareness of Dementia
Emma Harding, PhD Student and Research Assistant, UCL and µÚÒ»³Ô¹ÏÍøUniversity London and
Rachel Woodbridge, PhD Student and Researcher, µÚÒ»³Ô¹ÏÍøUniversity London
2.30pm End of seminar
For any queries, please contact: anna.liddle@brunel.ac.uk