UKDC25 Programme Review
UK Dementia Congress Programme
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Please note that session details may change from this published schedule.
8:30 Registration
Welcome and introduction from Dementia Community and our headline sponsor, Sensio.
Opening Panel: Technology in dementia care
Introduction and Chair: Arlene Astell, Professor of Cyberpsychology, Northumbria University
Panel 1: What works for you now, and what – if you had a magic wand – could you imagine would be helpful?
People with lived experience of dementia from the following groups and organisations: Alzheimer’s Society, Innovations in Dementia, Bradford University experts by experience, tide (together in dementia every day), Dementia Carers Count. Including: Christine Maddocks, Eleanor Connolly, Natalie Cryer, Lynne Hagan, John O’Doherty, Ruth Eley.
Panel 2: What’s next in tech?
Short introductory presentation:
Technology Empowered Dementia Independence (TEDI) Network Plus: Launching the System Change Big Conversation
Arelene Astell >Details
Followed by panel discussion. Panel to include:
Peter Middleton. living with dementia
Lisa Delaney, Sensio Victoria Lyons, Head of Digital Service Delivery, Dementia UK
Ella Moonan-Howard, Senior Innovator, Alzheimer’s Society
Dr Ivana Babicova, Birmingham City University.
11:30-12:00 Refreshments
13:10-14:00 Lunch, Networking and:
2.1 Auditorium
Presentation and panel discussion: Diagnosis and beyond
Chair: Rachel Thompson, Dementia UK
Dementia in the NHS in England: achievements and challenges
Jeremy Isaacs, NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Dementia and Older People’s Mental Health, and a consultant neurologist at St George’s Hospital and Kingston Hospital, London
Followed by panel discussion, to include:
Giles Wilmore, Manchester Camerata
Victoria Lyons, Head of Digital Service Delivery, Dementia UK
George Rook, living with dementia
Frances Lawrence, Dementia Carers Count
2.2 Barbirolli Room
Alzheimer’s Society partner session
Chair: Ella Moonan-Howard
Senior Innovator, Alzheimer’s Society
Five Dementia Innovations that will transform the world
Dementia devastates lives; innovation transforms them. Join us to hear from innovators who are developing products that will improve the lives of people with dementia at potentially a global scale: from hydration to finances; from diagnostics to end-of-life care. Each innovator will deliver a three-minute pitch and then answer your questions (including “Where can I buy it?”).
Presenters:
Jayne Sibley, Founder, Sibstar
Devika Wood, Chief Executive Officer, Brain +
Matea Deliu, Director of Partnerships and System Transformation, Kneu Health
Dr Tess Morris-Paterson, Founder & CEO, Hydrocare
Dr. Zeke Steer, Founder, Milbotix
2.3 Green Room
Care homes, quality of life and community connections
Chair: Sally Knocker, Meaningful Care Matters
Brewing Connections: The Hoppiness Project’s impact on agency, reminiscence, and community in dementia care
Guy Manchester
Gardening Facilitator, Alive Activities and St Monica Trust.
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‘Hallmark in Bloom’ garden competition – How it’s helping to drive person-centred engagement with the garden
Georgina Miller, Hallmark Care Homes
Debbie Carroll, Step Change Design
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Bringing the dining room to the room: Personalised mealtime moments for isolated residents
Ryan Lim, Care Assistant, Brunelcare.
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Honey Bluebell Book Club: Building connection through reading in residential care
Nelia Soares, Care Assistant, Brunelcare
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2.4 Charles Hallé Room
Institute for Health and Care Improvement (IHCI)
York St John University
Academic Partner session
Emotional Navigation in Dementia Care : the fear factor in self and organisations?
A comparison of models in theory and practice
Navigational skills in the context of emotional intelligence refer to the ability to understand and manage one’s own emotions as well as the emotions of others. We know that people living with a dementia experience a greater emphasis on feelings. Yet over the last 30 years in person-centred dementia care the emphasis on this has been variable. Dementia design, meaningful occupation, responses to ‘behaviours’ appear to have dominated so much thinking and practice. Varied models from universities are now emerging re person-led and relational care. Referencing Michael Verde from Memory Bridge who states a fear of emotions has become a significant barrier to person-centred care, Professor David Sheard, introduced in this symposium by Professor Garry Tew, Director of IHCI at York St John University, will present his analysis of the past and current landscape in dementia care and why he believes emotional intelligence in care is the missing foundational piece.
16:20-16:50 Refreshments and Exhibition viewing
18:00 Refreshments
11:00-11:30 Refreshments and Exhibition viewing
4.1 Auditorium
Manchester Camerata
The UK’s First Centre of Excellence for Music & Dementia, hosted by Manchester Camerata
An opportunity to experience first-hand one of Manchester Camerata’s award-winning Music in Mind music therapy-based sessions, designed by professional music therapists and developed in partnership with Manchester University
Giles Wilmore and colleagues, Manchester Camerata
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4.2 Barbirolli Room
Alzheimer’s Society partner session
Creating a set of Involvement Principles:
listening to what matters to people with lived experience
This interactive workshop will be led by people living with dementia and family carers supported by Alzheimer’s Society. It will introduce a set of co-produced Involvement Principles, designed to support meaningful collaboration with people with lived experience. Through examples, group discussion and activities, participants will explore how these principles apply to their own involvement and work. Open to professionals and people with lived experience, the session encourages shared learning and reflection.
Speakers:
Jonathan Kaye
Madeleine Aziz-Brook
Martina Davis
Lane Buckels
Dementia Voice partners
4.3 Green Room
Carers and families
Chair: Ruth Eley
Reaching underserved communities: A partnership between ADSS and the Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara
Karen Heath, Dementia Wellbeing Manager, Alzheimer’s & Dementia Support Services, Kent
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Empowering Greater Manchester families to live as well as they can with dementia
Fiona Robinson, Amanda Barrell and Emma Smith, Age UK Salford and Trafford.
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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
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Family Interventions iN Dementia Mental health Environments (FIND ME): Carer experiences of mental health wards for people living with dementia
Professor Emma Wolverson
Dr Rosie Dunn
University of West London
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4.4 Charles Hallé Room
Institute for Health and Care Improvement (IHCI)
York St John University
Academic Partner session
Emotional Intelligence in Care – poignant findings from emotions at work in lived experience, research, care homes and accreditation: York St John perspectives
Emotional Intelligence in Care prioritises recognition of people’s mutual vulnerability, the need for equal relationships and the provision of well-being strategies to support emotional labour. This is evidenced when a care service demonstrates this in its core mission, culture, leadership and practice. Join us to hear from panel members:
Jo Beardsworth, ‘I didn’t sign up for this’
Vanessa Baxter, Service Manager and Researcher IHCI, York St John University
Racheal Carroll, Learning and Development lead – EQ Care Group
Sam Dondi Smith Fellow IHCI, York St John University/Senior Partner NaDCAS
led by Professor David Sheard
They will summarise from their different direct experience whether enough emphasis is being given in the care sector to emotional intelligence and how this should be the driving force of future developments in dementia care.