Speaker List by Session
Technology Empowered Dementia Independence (TEDI) Network Plus: Launching the System Change Big Conversation
Arlene Astell, Professor of Cyberpsychology, Northumbria University
Adaptive Interaction – Reaching Individuals Living with Advanced Dementia
Maggie Ellis, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, School of Psychology & Neuroscience
Flexibility is key: A comparison of four care home journeys to implementing an evidence-based intervention.
Isabelle Latham, Researcher in Residence, Hallmark Care Homes
Measuring ‘magic’ – evaluating Namaste Care sessions
Nicola Kendall, Training Development Manager, Equal Arts
People living with dementia leading home technology tours
Arlene Astell, Professor of Cyberpsychology, Northumbria University
“Liv”: Co-Creating a Dementia-Positive AI
Steve Milton, Director, Innovations in Dementia CIC
A Feasibility Randomised Controlled Trial of a Digital Programme to Prevent Falls and Improve Well-being in People Living with Dementia in the Community
Jaheeda Gangannagaripalli, NIHR ARC DEM-COMM Fellow, University of Manchester
Developing a toolkit to improve acute hospital appointments for people living with dementia
Dr Rachael Kelley, Reader in Dementia Research, Centre for Dementia Research, Leeds Beckett University
Dr Nicky Taylor and Lived Experience Contributors, , Centre for Dementia Research, Leeds Beckett University
Live and Jive: Bringing live and personalised music to older people in acute hospitals in NHS Tayside
Dr Suzanne Gray, Dementia Nurse Consultant, NHS Tayside
Eilaine White, , NHS Tayside
Living with Dementia Theatre Passport
Kellie Leatherbarrow, Deputy team leader Operating Department Practitioner (ODP), Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Royal Victoria Hospital Meeting Centre: Psychosocial Community Support in a Hospital Setting
Graham Galloway, CEO, Meetring Centres Scotland
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30min workshop: Supporting people with young onset dementia and family members to retain/rebuild identity after diagnosis
Jan Oyebode, Professor of Dementia Care, University of Bradford
Louise Ritchie, , University of West Scotland
Advance Care Planning for those living with Young Onset Dementia
Sophie Dodsworth, Admiral Nurse for Young Onset Dementia, Dementia UK
Childhood Dementia – a forgotten community
Chris Knifton, Associate professor in neurocognitive and neurodevelopmental studies, De Montfort University
An open conversation – Two men in a pub.
Suzy Webster, Lived Experience Coordinator, Dementia UK
Andrew Swindells, ,
3 Nations Dementia Working Group
3NDWG is a member led group and as such, members would be manning tables and stand, 3NDWG Steering Group, 3 Nations Dementia Working Group
Evaluating a Culturally Appropriate Toolkit for African and Caribbean People Living with Dementia and their Care Partners
Jennifer MacRitchie, Senior Research Fellow, University of Sheffield
Carl Case, , Culturally Appropriate Resources
Brewing Connections: The Hoppiness Project’s Impact on Agency, Reminiscence, and Community in Dementia Care
Guy Manchester, Gardening Facilitator, Alive Activities
Sean Davey, , St Monica Trust
‘Hallmark in Bloom’ garden competition – How it’s helping to drive person-centred engagement with the garden
Georgina Miller, Well Being Manager, Hallmark Care Homes
Debbie Carroll, , Step Change Design
“Bringing the Dining Room to the Room: Personalised Mealtime Moments for Isolated Residents”
Ryan Lim, Care Assistant, Brunelcare
“Honey Bluebell Book Club: Building Connection Through Reading in Residential Care”
Nelia Soares, Care Assistant, Brunelcare
Juvelyn Morgan, , Brunelcare
Training, support and the dynamics of everyday practice in a residential care home.
Penny Johns, Dementia Practitioner, Jewish Care
Dementia Education – development of Dementia Ambassadors to support delivery of education across large care home group
Laura Steward, Head of Dementia, MMCG
Developing, delivering and embedding Enriched Model of Dementia Care training using Quality Improvement on a Dementia Inpatient Unit
Shelley Crossland, Clinical Professional Lead Occupational Therapist, Leicester Partnership NHS Trust
Kelvin Mayes and Rachel McMurray, , Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
Enhancing Person-Centred Dementia Care Across Gwent Through Dementia Care Mapping
Sophie Foote, Dementia Care Mapping Lead, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Simon Chalmers, , Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Is there such a thing as virtual dementia nursing? – The experience of nursing people living with dementia remotely with MinderCare.
Jan Amade-Cassimo, Dementia Clinical Nurse Specialist, MinderCare, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Integrating Socially Assistive Robotics to Support Wellbeing in People Living with Dementia
Carlos A. Cifuentes, Associate Professor in Human-Robot Interaction, Bristol Robotics Laboratory, University of the West of England
Living Well with Dementia for Couples and Families
Dr Natasha Woodstoke, Dementia Research Fellow and Clinical Psychologist, University of the West of England
Prof Richard Cheston, , University of the West of England
Integrating Dementia Coordinators in ED and SDEC: Preventing Admission and Reducing Length of Stay
Katie Antill, CEO, Alzheimer's & Dementia Support Services
Dementia in rural and coastal communities
Dr Emily Dodd, Senior Research Fellow, UWE Bristol
It needs a village….
Nigel Rose, co-ordinator, Chorlton and Whalley Range Dementia Action Group
Emma Gilbey, , Chorlton and Whalley Range Dementia Action Group
Advancing inclusive research approaches in involving underserved groups in dementia research: Co-creating the EMPOWER Dementia Network+
Andy Bradshaw, Network Manager and Research Fellow of the EMPOWER Dementia Network+, Cicely Saunders Institute, King's College London
Dementia Research: how you can have a voice
Mohammed Akhlak Rauf, EDI and PPI Lead, DeNPRU-QM
“If Not Now, When?”
Dr Jacqueline Hussey, Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist and Deputy Chair of Charity Younger People With Dementia CIO, Berkshire Healthchare Foundation Trust & Deputy Chair Trustee for charity Younger People With Dementia CIO
Charlie Draper, , Younger People With Dementia CIO
Singing together: the advantages to emotional wellbeing and self respect
Nia Davies Williams, Freelance Musician and Musician in Residence, Freelance and Pendine Park Care Organisation.
Meaningful play in dementia care: a workshop
Chloe Bradwell, Research Fellow, Leeds Beckett University
Mike Wragg, , Leeds Beckett University
Creative Befriending: Expression, Connection and Wellbeing through Collaborative Arts Projects
Sofi Mogensen, Creative Befrienders Project Manager, Resonate Arts
No One Else’s Words: Holding Space for Unfiltered Memory and First-Person Truth in Dementia Care
Emily Bird, Facilitator, Remembering Yesterday Caring Today
Janet Costley, , Remembering Yesterday Caring Today
GREAT Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy in Practice; A Case Study
Emma Marshall, Specialist Neurological Occupational Therapist, Peartree Community Services Neurological Rehabilitation
Creating a set of Involvement Principles: listening to what matters to people with lived experience.
Claire Garley, Involvement Lead, Alzheimer's Society
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Reaching Underserved Communities: A Partnership Between ADSS and the Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara
Karen Heath, Dementia Wellbeing Manager, Alzheimer's & Dementia Support Services
Empowering Greater Manchester families to live as well as they can with dementia.
Fiona Robinson, Empowered Connector, Volunteer - Age UK Salford and Trafford
Amanda Barrell and Emma Smith, , Age UK Salford and Trafford
‘That feels alien to me, to be honest’: using Applied Thematic Analysis to co-produce a culturally adapted psychosocial intervention with Sikh carers of people living with dementia
Lydia Morris, Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Manchester
Dementia in UK Prisons
Lorna Hart - Thomson, Development Lead, Meeting Centres Scotland
Emma Smith, , Age UK Salford and Trafford
Exploring healthcare staff perspectives of why African Caribbean people may be presenting later to dementia services
David Truswell, Healthcare & Dementia Consultancy Director, n/a
Armita Farsinejad, , NHS
What matters to me? How development of a personal sensory biography has helped meet needs.
Susannah Thwaites, Advanced Clinical Practitioner Occupational Therapist, Tees, Esk & Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
Emma Biglands, , Tees, Esk & Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
The world in one shining moment
Dr Sarah Fox, NIHR ARC Dementia research Fellow, The University of Manchester
Leah Payne, , Healthwatch Bolton
InvolveD: Involving South Asian, Black African and African Caribbean People in Designing Better Dementia Support
Dr Karan Jutlla, Associate Professor (Reader) in Dementia Care and Inclusion, University of Wolverhampton
Emily Winnall, , University of Wolverhampton
To What Extent Does the Care Quality Commission Capture Person-Centered Care Delivery in Dementia Care Homes
Jennifer N.W. Lim, Reader in Health Inequalities and Behavioral Science School of Health and Society, Faculty of Health, Education and Wellbeing, Wolverhampton University
Mahnaz Khalafehnilsaz, , Wolverhampton University
Non-pharmacological prescribing in care homes – the impact on reducing distress and increasing wellbeing
Amy Pepper, Dementia Care Manager, HC-One
Evidence-based communication skills to help avoid or reduce distressed behaviour in people living with dementia
Dr Rebecca O'Brien, Senior Research Fellow and Clinical Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, University of Nottingham/ Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Kate Sartain, , Not applicable
Reducing Antidepressant Use in People Living with a Dementia
Stuart Wright, Dementia Care Lead, Brunelcare
Emma Cowling, , Brunelcare
Embedding a Behaviour Analyst-in-Residence to Reduce Distressed Behaviour in Dementia Care on Hospital Wards
Luke Pickering-Jones, Dementia Improvement Manager, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
An overview of the Dementia UK Consultant Admiral Nurse service supporting families affected by frailty and dementia
Kerry Lyons, Consultant Admiral Nurse for Frailty and Physical Health, Dementia UK
Prescribing non-pharmacological interventions in care homes – a practical approach.
Ellie Lakey, Higher Assistance Psychologist, Tees, Esk and Wear Valley NHS Trust
Megan Holden, , Tees, Esk and Wear Valley NHS Trust
Assistant Psychologists: Addressing Dementia Care Gaps and ‘Finding the Why’ through the SDCC Framework
Maria McGinlay, Assistant Psychologist, HC-One
Towards Holistic Dementia Care: Introducing the Well-being in Dementia Inventory (WiDI)
Dr Allan Perry, Consultant Neuropsychologist & Director of Clinical Service, PJ Care
Social care for people living with young-onset dementia: developing resources for improvement
Dr Catherine Quinn, Associate Professor, Centre for Applied Dementia Studies, University of Bradford
A blueprint for Young Onset Dementia Services: Partnership working between Dementia Forward and Leeds Beckett
Sarah Jane Smith, Professor of Dementia Research, Leeds Beckett University
Jill Quinn MBE, , Dementia Forward
The Oxleas Young Onset Dementia Project – Understanding Lived Experiences and Building Inclusive Support
Dr Monica Crugel, Consultant in Older Adults Psychiatry, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
A specialist nurse intervention to support children and young people of a parent with Young-Onset-Dementia
Hannah Gardner, The Consultant Admiral Nurse for Children and Young People, Dementia UK
The Afronauts’ Tale – Creativity, Co-production and living creatively with dementia
David Truswell, CEO Designate,, Culture Demtia UK
Ronald Amanze, , Dementia in Dub
A narrative review exploring the role of co-production in dementia practice and research
Ellie Robinson-Carter, Founding Artistic Director of The Photobook Project/ Programme Director MSc Dementia, University of Hull, Photobook Project/ University of Hull
Laiba Ahmad, , University of West London
Family Interventions iN Dementia Mental health Environments (FIND ME): Carer experiences of mental health wards for people living with dementia
Dr Rosie Dunn, Research associate, University of West London
Redefining public service: Supporting people to live well with dementia in Greater Manchester
Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester,
Tom Kitwood Memorial Address – The Art of Care: How the study of care aesthetics reveals a new direction for person-centred practices in dementia care
John Keady, Professor of Mental Health Nursing and Older People, University of Manchester
James Thompson, freelance drama practitioner, University of Manchester
Dementia in the NHS in England: achievements and challenges
Jeremy Isaacs, National Clinical Director for Dementia and Older People’s Mental Health, NHS England
The Care Quality Commission and dementia care
Stefan Kallee, Deputy Director of Adult Social Care, Care Quality Commission
Lynda Harrison, ,
Social care: challenges and opportunities ahead
Vic Rayner, CEO, National Care Forum