Out of the shadows into the Light:
Palliative Care for People with Dementia Conference

12^th February 2009
Regent College Conference Centre,
London

This partnership event between the National Council for Palliative Care, For Dementia and The Alzheimer’s Society provided valuable feedback on the work of the two year project and also lights the way forward for anyone involved in caring for people with dementia.

	Programme Outline				101KB
	The End of Life Care Strategy: Meeting the Needs of People with Dementia		Tessa Ing Head of Implementation for The End of Life Care Strategy		600KB
	National Dementia Strategy — Improving the Quality of Care for People with Dementia at the End of Life		Professor Jane Gilliard Social Care Lead, Older People’s Mental Health Programme, Care Services Improvement Partnership		214KB
	Addressing Palliatice Care for People with Demetia: The NCPC Approach		Karen Harrison Dening Consultant Admiral Nurse, NCPC, forDementia		177KB
	Workshops and Discussions
	Workshop A: Using the Mental Capacity Act to Improve End of Life Care for People with Dementia		Simon Chapman Ethics Advisor, The National Council for Palliative Care		76KB
	Workshop B:
	Palliative Care for end-stage Dementia		Professor Mari Lloyd-Williams Professor/Director of Academic Palliative and Supportive Care Studies Group (APSCSG), University of Liverpool		82KB
	End of Life Care Pathways in Dementia		Jackie Crowther PhD Student		110KB
	Workshop C: Living and Dying with Dementia		Kim Wrigley End of Life Care Lead (Greater Manchester) Elaine Horgan North West Care Home Coordinator		269KB
	Workshop D: User and Carer Involvement		Jo Black NCPC & Joy Watkins, Uniting Carers, ‘for dementia’
	Workshop E: Creative Partnerships in Care Homes: A GP Approach		Dr Gillie Evans GP Principal at the Jenner Health Centre in Whittlesey		259KB
	Workshop F: Advance care planning in dementia		Simon Conroy Senior Lecturer / Geriatrician, University of Leicester		408KB
	Workshop G: What we are learning in Croydon		Dr Victor Pace St Christopher’s Hospice		467KB
	Workshop H: Admiral Nursing : A Palliative Care Model		Susan Ashcroft-Simpson Jacqui Wharrad		305KB
	Workshop I: The Supportive Care Pathway An Integrated Care Pathway for People with Dementia		Marion Gouveia End of Life Care Facilitator for GSF and Care Homes BEN PCT Sonia Seymour Care Home Manager, Cedar Lodge Nursing Home		96KB
	Workshop J: Palliative care of dementia: What does Old Age Psychiatry need to do next?		Dr Adrian Treloar Consultant and Senior Lecturer in Old Age Psychiatry		411KB
	One Carer’s Journey		Barbara Pointon Wife and Carer, from ITV’s Malcolm and Barbara: Love’s Farewell		180KB