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17 November, 2026 12:00 – 1:10 pm

Mini Presentations Group 1

UK Dementia Congress Mini-Presentations

  

  

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PLEASE NOTE: precise running order will be confirmed at a later date.

This session contains the following mini-presentations:

Dining for Dementia (Care Homes): Transforming Eating and Drinking Through Understanding the Lived Experience

Karen Hodges

Community Compassion and Continuity: Evaluating Beacon’s Model of Support for Families Affected by Dementia in Rossendale, East Lancashire

Rachel Yates Hoyles

Lisa Markey

Using Cognitive Rehabilitation and the ‘My Life, My Goals’ Guide to Address Word-Finding Difficulties in People with Dementia.

Daisy Norton

Dr Reinhard Guss

Being in the Space Between: Movement, Improvisation and Connection

Shelley Hastings

Developing The Creative Dementia Handbook: trust, support and scaffolding

Maria Pasiecznik Parsons

Dementia UK, Admiral Nurse Helpline; a quality improvement pathway to increase access to specialist nurses

Helen McDavitt

Exploring Attitudes Toward Blood-Based Biomarker Testing for Dementia Among Caregivers, People with Dementia, and Older Adults with Subjective Memory Complaints

Laiba Ahmad

From Frontline Dementia Care to Academia: What the Workforce Needs Us to Hear

Pamela Towers

Could ‘parenting’ our elders be driving those with dementia into a second childhood? Understanding dementia care through the lens of Transactional Analysis

Shirley Pearce

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