Dementia Awareness Week Conference 2010 - Presentations

Scotland's Dementia Strategy – Making it Work for People

Alzheimer Scotland's 'Dementia Strategy' conference proved to be a great success. Attended by around 400 delegates this timely event focused on the Scottish Government's National Dementia Strategy with a keynote address from Shona Robison, Minister for Public Health and Sport.

The event provided the first opportunity to hear about the recommendations in detail and what they mean for people with dementia, their carers, local communities and all those with responsibility for implementation.

The aims for the strategy are to develop actions and policies that respect and promote the rights and dignity of people with dementia by improving:

• early diagnosis and response to dementia, including post-diagnostic support and information for carers
• quality of care, treatment and support, wherever this provided
• training and knowledge of the workforce, including those in general health and social care settings such as A & E and GP surgeries
• arrangements and resources which need to be in place to ensure effective delivery of the changes that are proposed.
• public understanding of dementia, including preventative measures; and to reduce stigma.

Presentations

• A collaborative approach to delivering improvement in dementia care (powerpoint)
  Ruth Glassborow, National Programme Manager, Mental Health Collaborative, Scottish Government
• Making it happen locally - the Borders Dementia Strategy (powerpoint)
  Andrew Lowe, Director of Social Work, Scottish Borders
• Improving medical treatment for people with dementia (powerpoint)
  Dr Donald Lyons, Director Mental Welfare Commission
• Specialist assessment and dementia care in general practice, the 'Gnosall model' (powerpoint)
  Dr Ian Greaves, Gnosall Health Centre, Staffordshire
• Improving the quality of life in care homes - creating change (powerpoint)
  Edith Macintosh, Rehabilitation Consultant, Care Commission, Scotland

Parallel Sessions

• Choice in the community - how self-directed support can work for people with dementia
  Latest research, legal and practical issues, development of self-directed support stratgey.
  • Research report: Let's get personal - personalisation and dementia (powerpoint)
    Lindsay Kinnaird, Policy and Research Officer, Alzheimer Scotland
  • Legal and practical issues (powerpoint)
    Jim Pearson, Welfare Rights Manager, Alzheimer Scotland
  • Self-directed support strategy (powerpoint)
    Bette Francis, Team leader, Scottish Government Self-directed Support Team
• Improving acute care for people with dementia
  Local initiatives designed to prevent unnecessary admissions, improve inpatient care and discharge arrangements.
  • Improving acute care for people with dementia (powerpoint)
    Dr Emma Reynish, Consultant Physician, Victoria Hospital NHS Fife
  • Improving Acute Care for People with Dementia (powerpoint)
    Peter Lerpiniere, Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Nurse, NHS Scottish Borders
• Ways to improve relationships and avoid unnecessary sedation for people with dementia and groundbreaking research on Qi Gong
  • Person-centred care and non-drug approaches to 'behaviours that challenge' (powerpoint)
    Dr Jennifer Borthwick, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Psychological Therapy for Older People, NHS Lanarkshire.
  • The effects of Qi Gong exercises for people with dementia (pdf)
    Iona Parkinson - Lead Occupational Therapist, Old Age Psychiatry, NHS Grampian and Carole Milligan, 'Take A Seat' Principal Instructor.
• Film previews: 'Turning Your Life Around' and 'Coping with Dementia'
  • 'Through our eyes – a life with dementia,' a training DVD for professionals by the Scottish Dementia Working Group.
    Agnes Houston, Vice Chairperson, Scottish Dementia Working Group
  • 'Coping with Dementia' a DVD for carers (families and friends), by NHS Health Scotland in collaboration with Alzheimer Scotland (powerpoint)
    Fiona Borrowman, Health Improvement Manager, Mental Health asnd Well-being in Later Life and Dementia, NHS Health Scotland