You are invited to register to attend the fourth and final DAI "Meeting Of The Minds" Webinar series in September 2021, part of our activities for World Alzheimer's Month, focused on rehabilitation for people with dementia. We look forward to sharing this important knowledge with you.
Title: The Importance of Rehabilitation for All People with Dementia
Panellists include: Professor Lee-Fay Low, PhD, Emily Ong, Lynette Rogers, Kate Swaffer MSc
Please note, the login details will be sent to you 2 HOURS before the event starts.
DAY/DATE(S):
- Wednesday, September 29, 2021 (USA/CA/UK/EU) - 4 pm CDT
- Thursday, September 30, 2021 (AU/NZ/ASIA) - 700 am AEST
- Reminder: this is one event, set in a number of different time zones - it is not being held twice.
About the panel session: In this session, each presenter will spend 10 minutes providing their personal and/or professional perspectives and expertise about rehabilitation for dementia. We are hopeful you will have attended the previous three webinars and will therefore have listened to others share why it is so important, from a their professional perspectives.
Rehabilitation helps individuals maintain and optimize independence. Historically, people with dementia have received little rehabilitation and the focus has been on care to replace lost function. It is now critical that health and social care professionals, service planners, policy makers, and academics embrace dementia rehabilitation. There is a compelling case for rehabilitation for people with dementia, including the views of people with dementia and the research evidence. For each area of function, the research evidence and relevant theory is clear, and needs to be followed by practical information on clinical assessment, and delivery of therapies.
Associate Professor Low is an expert in dementia, and was a co editor of the book, Dementia Rehabilitation 1st Edition, released in 2020. Three of our panellists are people diagnosed with dementia, who all have not only their experience of rehabilitation (or lack of) to share, but important views from a human rights and disability perspective.
We are still awaiting confirmation of one speaker, who has been involved in the development of the WHO Rehabilitation for Dementia Guidelines, which are to be released sometime in the future.
The Q&A will be your opportunity to engage with all of the panellists, and to ask your questions.
About our panellists:
Lee-Fay Low (BSc Psych (Hons), PhD) is Professor in Ageing and Health, NHMRC Boosting Dementia Research Leadership Development Fellow, University of Sydney. She is a registered psychologist with a PhD in psychiatric epidemiology. Her main areas of expertise are in rehabilitation and post-diagnostic support for people with dementia, and health and aged care services for older people.
Lynnette Rogers is a member of Dementia Alliance International, and lives with Primary Progressive Aphasia. She also lives in a residential care facility in Victoria and has experiences of stigma and discrimination that have caused a denial of rehabilitation, and some of her basic needs, such as walking outside, which are also part of rehabilitation. Lyn has campaigned against the aged care system - and won. One such complaint even reached as high up as the Federal health Minister, to ensure she can live a higher quality of life with dementia.
Emily Tan Tan Ong is trained in Early Childhood Education and involved in supporting young children and adolescents with learning disability in mainstream education. She is a current Board Member of Dementia Alliance International and has been living with young-onset dementia since 2017. Being an educator in learning disability, she believes in focusing on what the person can do and to compensate the disability with strategies to enable the execution of a task from start to completion. Emily is a strong advocate of rehabilitation for people living with dementia and was involved in coming out with a cognitive rehabilitation self-help toolkits, My Life, My Goals, with Professor Linda Clare and her team, so that more people can benefit from rehabilitation.
Kate Swaffer has a Master of Science in Dementia Care, a Bachelor of Psychology, a BA, and is a retired nurse. She is a past Chair, and the current CEO of Dementia Alliance International, and a co-founder. She has worked tirelessly for over a decade to ensure rehabilitation for people with dementia is provided in clinical practice, as well as for dementia not only to be viewed as a disability, but managed as a condition causing acquired disabilities, and to ensure their rights under the CRPD and other conventions are being realised.
Wednesday, September 29, 2021 (USA/CA/UK/EU)
- 2pm PDT
- 3 pm MDT
- 4 pm CDT
- 5 pm EDT
- 10 pm UK, BST
- 11 pm EU
Thursday, September 30, 2021 (AU/NZ/ASIA)
- 5 am SG/AWST
- 6:30 am ACST
- 7:00 am AEST
- 9:00 NZST
The Webinar runs for up to 1.5 hours.
Please check here if your time is not listed above.
COST TO ATTEND:
- DAI Members: FREE
- Care partners of people with dementia: FREE
- Researchers: FREE
- Health Care Professionals: FREE
- Others: FREE
- DONATION: $30.00
WHILST WE HAVE MADE IT FREE FOR YOU TO ATTEND, PLEASE CONSIDER MAKING A DONATION TO SUPPORT THESE EVENTS AND SERVICES FOR OUR MEMBERS.
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