LONDON, U.K. -- A One Day National Conference

Improving Dementia Care

Monday 23rd September – Central London

Chair: Kathryn Smith, Director of Operations, Alzheimer’s Society

Capita’s National Improving Dementia Care Conference comes at a critical time in the future of health and social care in the UK. As costs of care and numbers of patients diagnosed with dementia continue to rise now is the time to action the Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge and prepare for the 2014 deadline for implementing the Living Well with Dementia: a National Dementia Strategy.

With new commissioning structures for health and social care now in place, this conference is designed to bring together stakeholders to update their best practice on delivering high quality support in a variety of care settings. Experienced policy makers and practitioners will cover essential topics, including: increasing identification rates,integrating health and social care services, creating dementia friendly communities, improving and expanding housing services and up-skilling the workforce to identify the distinctive needs of dementia patients and their carers.

Our Expert Speakers Include

· Tracey Crouch MP, Vice-Chair, All-Party-Parliamentary-Group on Dementia

· Professor Gillian Leng,Deputy Chief Executive, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)

· Professor Croisdale-Appleby, Chair, Skills for Care and Chair, Dementia UK

· John Bangs, Senior Commissioning Managerfor Carers, Surrey County Council

· Ian Sherriff, Academic Partnership Lead for Dementia, Plymouth University and Member, Dementia Friendly Communities Champion Group

· Marsha Tuffin, Head of Dementia Innovation, Brown’s Field House, The Abbeyfield Society

· Graham Browne, Ambassador, Alzheimer’s Society

· Deborah Cohen, Head of Service, Commissioning and Health, Tower Hamlets Council

· Lindsay Gibbins, Policy and Research Officer and Lead on Dementia Strategy, Gentoo Living

Benefits of Attending

· Gain advice from NICE on commissioning services for dementia and measuring the quality of services provided

• Learn how to develop a workforce that can aid early identification of dementia and work alongside carers to provide personalised care

• Explore the potential of a dementia friendly community in decreasing isolation and increasing the understanding of behaviour

• Hear a personal account of living with dementia and how to engage with patients and their carers in developing a care pathway

• Understand how to adapt an environment for people living with dementia and provide a holistic service in a variety of care settings

• Discover the benefits of integrating housing support with health and social care to drive down costly hospital and residential care home admissions

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