Dementia Care in Hospital – Rising to the Challenge
5th July 2011
NEW VENUE: Somerset County Cricket Club, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 1JT
- To book your place now download the booking form and return it by email to jane.rawlinson@swdc.org.uk or fax to 01278 432003. PLEASE NOTE: the closing date for bookings is Tuesday 14 June 2011.
- To find out more information download the conference flyer
- To submit a good practice presentation (workshops) or poster/information display for presentation download the call for information and return it by email to jane.rawlinson@swdc.org.uk or fax to 01278 432003.
Hospital care conference 2011
- look at the interim findings from the National Audit of Dementia, exploring lessons for improvement in the South West
- find out more about the implementation of the South West Standards for dementia care in hospital, and next steps for the peer review 2011/12
- share and spread learning and positive practice
- focus on action planning and improvement
Keynote speakers
- Professor Alastair Burns, National Clinical Lead for Dementia
- Professor Peter Crome – Chair, National Audit of Dementia Steering Group
- Alison Moon, Chief Nurse, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Regional Champion for Dementia Care in Hospital
- Rachel Canning, Media Volunteer, The Alzheimer’s Society
- Chloe Hood, Programme Manager and member of the National Audit Team
- Kate Schneider, Programme Lead, Mental Health and Dementia, NHS South West
Interactive workshops
Delegates will be able to select one workshop from each of two sessions during the day. The workshop themes include:
- Assessment
- Information and communication
- Governance – care pathways; systems, policies in place
- Training, learning & development
- Environment
- Volunteering
Who should attend?
- People with lived experience and their carers/families/advocates
- Executive team and board members from hospital trusts
- SW Hospitals Expert Reference Group
- The Alzheimers Society
- British Geriatric Society
- Hospital dementia and dignity champions
- Hospital clinical governance leads
- Clinicians, practitioners, ancillary staff
- Hospital training and education practitioners
- PCT/LA commissioners for dementia, mental health, and acute care
- Clinical commissioning consortia
- Other voluntary and social interest groups with a stake in dementia in hospitals
- To book your place now download the booking form and return it by email to jane.rawlinson@swdc.org.uk or fax to 01278 432003. PLEASE NOTE: the closing date for bookings is Tuesday 14 June 2011.
- To find out more information download the conference flyer
- To submit a good practice presentation (workshops) or poster/information display for presentation download the call for information and return it by email to jane.rawlinson@swdc.org.uk or fax to 01278 432003.