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

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3 Nations Dementia Working Group

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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

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

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Social care: challenges and opportunities ahead

Vic Rayner, CEO, National Care Forum

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A Conversation

Ronald Amanze, ,

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Video: What needs to change in Dementia Care?

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Neil Rabbitts, Something, DC

Co-Producing National Intergenerational Practice Standards

Anqa Kaleem Tirmazee, Resarch and Impact Lead, National Activity Providers Associaiton

Hilary Woodhead, CEO, NAPA

“The role of the non-clinical dementia specialist lead within a care home setting”

Dr Isabelle Latham, Researcher in Residence, Hallmark Care Homes

My Story. A co-designed method of engagement

Dr. Claire Craig, Professor of Inclusive Design, Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, Royal College of Art

Connecting People, Connecting Support: A Co-Designed Website to Help People Embed Health-Promoting Activities into Their Daily Routine

Claire Craig, Professor of Inclusive Design, Co-Chair of the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, Royal College of Art

Listen Up! Supporting communication when dementia and hearing loss co-exist

Sue Egersdorff, Charity Co-Founder, Ready Generations

More Than a Medical Review: Power of Communication and Connection for Isolated PLWD and Their Family Carers at Home

Farah Hariss, Dementia Clinical Nurse Specialist, Imperial College Healthcare Trust

Technology recommendation systems to support independent living in dementia

Jennifer MacRitchie, Senior Research Fellow, University of Sheffield

Changing the Culture of Dementia Care at Athena: Our Journey to All Seven Homes achieving Two Gold Stars!

Hannah Mulholland, Head of Lifestyle and Community Engagement, Athena Care homes

More Than Music: Can Community Music Groups Help Bridge the CST Gap?

Kate Thubron, Director, Occupational Therapist, Mindful Care Training and Consultancy

Lucy- Eve Munn, , Britten Pears Arts

Personalised music as a way of reconnecting people with dementia with their life history and sense of self

Dr Aggeliki Koufou, Dementia-care practitioner and Researcher,

What Gets Measured Gets Better: Building a Real-World Evidence Base for CST in Residential Care

Josefine Funder Nissen, Clinical Product Specialist, Ayla Care Limited

Do palliative, supportive, and enhanced care approaches alleviate the symptom burden experienced by people living with Young Onset Dementia

Sophie Dodsworth, Admiral Nurse for Young Onset Dementia, Dementia UK

How something small can make a big difference: Oxleas NHS Trust YOD Service

Kelly Mills, Young Onset Dementia Nurse, Oxleas NHS Trust

Why Peer Support Matters for families affected by Young Onset Dementia

Catherine Kiely, Young Dementia Network Coordinator, Dementia UK

Michael Booth, ,

Young Onset Dementia and Me

Gerald King, Person living with Young Onset Dementia, STAND

Hidden worlds: navigating a fragmented system to stop carers breaking down

Frances Lawrence, Chief Executive, Dementia Carers Count

A panel discussion on co-producing Community Technology Hubs – sharing the Technology Empowered Dementia Independence (TEDI) experience

Arlene Astell, Director TEDI Network Plus, Northumbria University

Henry Collingham, , Northumbria University

Dave’s Legacy – improving dementia care

Vicky Brown, Registered Bank Staff Nurse - OPD, Spire, Manchester

Do patients with dementia get better or worse in hospital?

Kellie Smart, Nurse Lead for Dementia & Delirium, Tameside & Glossop NHS ICFT

From wards to wellbeing: the Royal Victoria Hospital Meeting Centre

Ruby Swift, Research Associate, Association for Dementia Studies, University of Worcester

Improving personalised care in the acute hospital trust

Dee Scruton, Dementia Nurse Specialist, Royal United Hospital NHS TRust

A System-Wide Approach to Working with Distress Behaviours

Jo-Anne Wilson, Registered Manager, Galanos House

Lynn Bassett & Dr Judith Bond, , Learning & Development Partnership, Warwickshire cc and Coventry & Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Beyond Correction: Lessons for Compassionate Communication in Dementia Care

Ankita Arora, Senior Care Worker and Volunteer Research Advisor, Links Care Centre and Centre for Dementia Research, Leeds Beckett University

Implementing outcome measures to enhance practice in a dementia care home team

Mitchell Orlu, Assistant Psychologist, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Reinhard Guss, , Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Why is the guidance on the psychosocial treatments for distress in dementia so confusing?

Ian James, Clinical Psychologists, Psychology for Peak Performance Ltd

Before It Is Too Late: Using Story Capture to Support Person-Led Dementia Care

Gareth Williams, Founder, The Community Story Hub CIC

Integrating music into dementia care

Douglas Noble, Strategic Director Music In Health, Live Music Now

Fiona Costa, , University of Roehampton.

Listening to Carers’ Voices

Prof Alan Williams, Professor of Collaborative Composition, School of Arts, Media and Creative Technologies, Unversity of Salford

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Reading with Dementia – shaping a new national conversation about dementia-friendly reading

Sarah Lawrance, Publications and Heritage Programmes Manager, Equal Arts

Dr Anna Goulding, , Northumbria University

Co-producing a Quality Standards Framework for Meeting Centres: ensuring consistency while protecting what makes each centre unique

Andy Wynd, Facilitator, Meeting Centres Scotland

Working with an Acquired Cognitive Impairment: Understanding the Challenges and Opportunities for Assistive Technologies in the Workplace

Victoria Owen, Research Assistant in Psychology, Northumbria University

Young in heart and mind

Ruth Eley, Chair of Trustees, Together in Dementia Everyday (tide)

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Dementia, Involvement, and the Psychology of Exclusion: Reflections from working with DASH Group

Ross Horsley, Psychology Placement Student, Oxleas

Reinhard Guss, , Oxleas

Discussing End of Life with People Living with Dementia – The Coffee and Coffins Experience

Catherine Wood, Module Leader, MSc Dementia, University of Hull, Cambridge Educational Group

From Distress to Dignity: How AI Enabled Pain Assessment Transformed Dementia Care Across 23 Care Homes

Krystyna Mitchell, Dementia Lead, Dovehaven Care Homes

Jo Hadfield-Cubbin, , Dovehaven Care Homes

The Bi-directional Relationship between Trauma and Dementia: A Co-Produced Exploration of Why Trauma-and-Violence-Informed Dementia Care Matters

Mary-Joy Albutt, Nurse consultant (neurocognitive disorders); PhD student, University of Worcester, Aim to Get Better

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Understanding Stakeholder Priorities for End-of-Life Dementia Care: Findings from Scoping Conversations

Rasa Mikelyte, Research Fellow, University of Kent

Mr Keith Oliver, , N/A

“Developing and using a goal-setting toolkit for care home residents”

Dr Isabelle Latham, Researcher in Residence, Hallmark Care Homes

Meaningful Engagement in Advance Dementia (MEAD) – Co-producing a digital tool in long-term care

Arlene Astell, Professor of Cyberpsychology, Northumbria University

Amelia Greenwood, , Orchard Healthcare Group

Thriving in Residential Care: Advancing Inclusive and Ethical Research Practice

Bethany Morgan Brett, Research Fellow, My Home Life England, City St George's University of London

From Gateshead to Newcastle: setting up and sustaining community dementia networks — facilitation, challenges and lessons

Kathleen Dickinson, Activities Team Leader, Dementia and Digital Engagement Worker, Search, Newcastle

Helen Bell, , Calderdale Homecare (seconded into Edberts House)

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

What works (and doesn’t) in post-diagnostic dementia support? Lessons from a national evaluation in Scotland

Sophie Elliott, Director, IFF Research

“Seen and heard”: The role of sound and moving image to connect people with dementia within, outwards and across generations

Ellie Robinson-Carter, Programme Director: MSc Dementia / Founding Artistic Director, University of Hull / The Photobook Project

Ronald Amanze, ,

Bridging gaps in dementia care: Building trust through culturally appropriate community-based co-production with South Asian communities

Andy Bradshaw, Research Fellow and Network Manager of EMPOWER Dementia Network+, King's College London

Cllr Dr Manju Shahul-Hameed, , Manju Shahul-Hameed Foundation for Mental Health

From Implementation to Impact: Celebrating Playlist for Life Certified Homes within Hallmark Luxury Care

Rebecca Kennedy, Head of Communities, Playlist for Life

Lisa Ruffell, , Hallmark Luxury Care Homes

Psychosocial Impact of Traditional Headwraps among the UK’s Black African and Caribbean Elders with Dementia

Ayokunmi Ojebode, Honorary Research Fellow/Lecturer, University of Surrey

Christelle Tulia, , Kiyana Wraps London Ltd

Adapting Cognitive Stimulation Therapy: A one-year evaluation of a CST-informed group within a dementia inpatient ward.

Adele Olphert (Co-facilitator) Luke Doherty (Co-facilitator), Assistant Psychologists, NHS

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Co-creating a public engagement programme exploring dementia and mental health crisis. The Family Interventions in Dementia Mental Health Environments (FIND ME) study

Faye Watson, Public and Community Engagement Lead (FIND ME), Geller Institute of Ageing and Memory (University of West London)

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Family Carer Involvement in Dementia Inpatient Wards: An Ethnographic Study of Practice, Culture, and Decision-Making

Dr Rosie Dunn, Research Associate, The University of West London (UWL)

Understanding staff experiences of involving and supporting family carers on dementia mental health wards

Dr Juliet Gillam, Research Associate, University of West London

Dr Rosie Dunn, , University of West London

Cultivating Confidence: Empowering Carers to Deliver Therapeutic Home Gardening Sessions

Jack Pickford-Brake, Founder of Dig for Dementia & University Lecturer, Dig for Dementia

Jane Ward, , Dementia Friendly Hampshire

Dementia Friendly Fun: Fun is not the opposite of professionalism – it’s the foundation of wellbeing

Ali Rogan, DHWG external affairs lead, Dementia and Housing Working Group (DHWG)

The power of football for people living with dementia and family carers: a national picture

Marie Poole, Senior Research Associate, Newcastle University

Nicky Taylor, , Leeds Beckett University

When a pretty garden isn’t enough

Debbie Carroll, Director, Step Change Design Ltd.

Different Services, One Mission: Reducing Health Inequalities in Dementia Care at Dementia UK

Safia Seini, Admiral Nurse - Black, African and Caribbean Admiral Nurse Service, Dementia UK

Evaluating the needs of carers living with dementia. Royal British Legion Admiral nurses provide person centred support.

Jo Dawson, Lead Admiral Nurse., Royal British Legion

Lucy Chamberlain, , Royal British Legion

How to Design and Scale a Dual Carer–Patient Dementia Programme That Works in Practice

Debbie Kassas, Dementia Services Manager, East Cheshire Hospice

Sara Jones, , East Cheshire Hospice

Online group support for family carers in Lewy body dementia- does it work?

Rachel Thompson , Consultant Admiral Nurse, Lewy body dementia , Lewy Body Society & Dementia UK

Rachel Korosi , , Dementia UK

6D Dementia: Embedding Empathy, Consistency and Evidence into Scalable Dementia Care

Dr Frances Duffy, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, 6D-Dementia

Developing Dementia Care Champions of Change: How Training, Support and Lived Experience Drive Sustainable Practice Change in Two UK Care Homes

Penny Johns, Dementia Practitioner, Jewish Care

Esmiranda Mensah, , Jewish Care

Shared Care Starts with Understanding: Reflections from a Care Home Pilot Site

Ruth Eley, Director & Chair, tide

Cathrina Moore, , Director Chapel House Care & Clinical Lead Dementia Resource Community

The Art of Care: practical, playful, and powerful ways to connect in dementia care.

Rachael Savage, Artistic Director, Vamos Theatre

Circle dance for people living with dementia: adapting the practice to be culturally appropriate for and relevant to today’s dementia care landscape.

Carl Case, Operations Director, Cultural Appropriate Resources

Victoria Smith, , Dementia Pathfinders CIC

Tech Hub: a live workshop exploring technology for people living with dementia

Dr Henry Collingham, Senior Research Fellow in Design, Northumbria University — TEDI (Technology Empowered Dementia Independence) Network Plus

Prof Arlene Astell, , Northumbria University — TEDI (Technology Empowered Dementia Independence) Network Plus

Dementia and Behaviour: A Challenge or a Gift?

Mike Phillips, Trainer, Facilitator, Consultant and Coach., Mike Phillips Training

Magic Me’s Spark: Creativity in Care Homes

Billy Ash Sakula , Artist , Magic Me

Priyanka Chauhan, , Magic Me

A Moral Education in Dementia Care – person centred, emotionally intelligent, relational or person led ?

Professor David Sheard, Professor of Emotional Intelligence in Care , York St John University

Dave Wilson Wynne, , As above

Making AI Accessible: Co-Designing Generative AI Chatbot Training for Older Adults and People Living with Dementia

Claire Rogers, PhD Candidate, University of Strathclyde

Caring Across Distances, Caring for Many

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“A Moral Education in Dementia Care: person centred, emotionally intelligent, relational or person led?”

David Sheard, Professor of Emotional Intelligence in Care, York St John University

Dave Wilson Wynne, , Innovare Dementia Consultancy

Young Onset Dementia in Bromley Care Homes: A Caseload Audit

Ross Horsley, Psychology Placement Student, Oxleas

Reinhard Guss, , Oxleas