Course Details
Dementia Care: Meeting the Challenge at the End of Life, North West Conference
Course Date: 5 Sep 2008
08/06/2008 - This course is now full and we are no longer taking applications.
Gain a better understanding of how you can improve the quality of life of people with dementia and their families/carers:
- Develop awareness of regional and national good practice models
- Discuss and reflect on the key issues
- Access recent research
Target Audience:
- Clinicians (Doctors, Nurses, Allied Health Professionals) working in Acute Hospitals, Primary Care, Hospices and Mental Health Services
- Social Care Staff (Social Workers, Care Home Staff)
- Carers and Service Users
The conference has been developed in association with Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Our NHS Our Future, NHS North West, Salford NHS Primary Care Trust and Manchester University.
Contributors included:
- Dementia, types, causes and treatment approaches: Dr Salman Karim, Consultant/Honorary Lecturer, Old Age Psychiatry, Bolton, Salford and Trafford Mental Health Trust
- Living with dementia:Peter Ashley
- Managing Managing challenging behaviour: Helen Pratt, Mental Health Liaison Nurse, Pennine Care NHS Trust
- Ethical issues in managing people with dementia: Dr Ged Corcoran, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Aintree Hospital NHS Trust
- The impact of the Mental Capacity Act : Simon Chapman, Ethics Advisor, National Council for Palliative Care
- Nursing Homes: Quality, pragmatism and partnership: Dr Martin Vernon, Consultant Elderly Care Medicine, SMUHT
- Meeting palliative care needs of the person with dementia and their family: Susan Ashcroft-Simpson, Admiral Nurse Team Leader, Manchester Health & Social Care
- The physical and emotional impact of end-of-life care at home:Barbara Pointon, A family carer's perspective