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17 November, 2026 12:00 – 1:10 pm

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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:

Visiting with Purpose

John Ramsay

Changing the Conversation: Embedding Dementia Risk into NHS Health Checks

Jenny Casson

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

Karen Hodges

Dementia at the Front Door: Rethinking Emergency Care for People Living with Dementia and Their Carers

Kathryn Fry

Amel Guechdi

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

Northern Ireland’s first Dementia Meeting Centre: a co-production approach to community based support

Dr Shirley Evans

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

How swimming can enhance the physical and emotional wellbeing of those living with Dementia in a Nursing Home setting

Mandy Gregory

When Time Aligns: Conversations Through Story, Care and Lived Experience

Gina Awad

Sarah Merriman

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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