Person-Centred Dementia Care

Conference

Copenhagen, 4 October 2007

Programme

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Invitation

Don’t miss the opportunity to get the latest knowledge and to get new inspiration from best dementia care practices presented by professionals from countries all over the world.

It is time to reflect on the advances made in care for persons with dementia. Attention to personhood has been praised as perhaps one of the most significant advances in understanding dementia in the past decade. The late Professor Tom Kitwood was the first writer to use the term ‘personhood’ in relation to persons with dementia. He defined personhood as, ’A standing or status that is bestowed upon human being, by others, in the context of relationship and social being. It implies recognition, respect and trust’. This conceptualization offers excellent possibilities for positively influencing the dementia experience through the implementation of person-centred care practices.

The term person-centred care has been widely used, misused and ill defined and in some context it seems a far cry from the stance that was described by Kitwood. It seems that any dementia care initiative has to claim to be person-centred (‘pc’) in order to be Politically Correct (‘PC’). Although the term sounds good it can be questionable what lies behind the rhetoric. The conference will provide participants with a fresh definition to the important ideas behind and the implementation of person-centred care for persons with dementia.

It is also time to reflect on 100 years of Alzheimer’s. The concept of Alzheimer’s has changed through its first century of use and now needs to change again. Many myths have evolved about what Alzheimer’s disease is. These myths can add to the stigma attached to the disease and stand in the way of our ability to understand and help people suffering from Alzheimer’s. The conference will provide an opportunity for participants to consider if 100 years of Alzheimer’s disease is enough and to consider a justification for an integrative bio-psychosocial narrative approach to Alzheimer’s disease.

This one-day conference will feature some of the best speakers from around the world discussing the latest international results in research on the diagnostic classification of Alzheimer’s disease and the term person-centred dementia care. The participants will be offered clear, accessible guidelines on how to put person-centred care into operation in organisations and families that care for persons with dementia.

This conference is essential for persons working with or interested in dementia care e.g. practitioners, researchers, policy makers, NGOs, persons from the educational sector and family members to persons with dementia.

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Organisers

The conference is organised in cooperation between The Danish Knowledge Center on Ageing and the City of Copenhagen, Health & Care Administration.

The organising committee is:

Eva Bonde Nielsen, The Danish Knowledge Center on Ageing (chairman)
Dorte Høeg, The Danish Knowledge Center on Ageing
Charlotte Agger, Dementia Center Pilehuset, Copenhagen
Joan Agine, Health & Care Administration, City of Copenhagen
Claus Holst, Daniee (The Danish National Institute for Elderly Education)
Berit Soon Olsen, Health & Care Administration, City of Copenhagen
Vibeke Drevsen Bach, Dementia Center Pilehuset, Copenhagen
Grete Madsen, Health & Care Administration, City of Copenhagen (coordinator)

Programme

08.30-09.00:        Arrival, coffee/tea, registration and networking

                          Chairman:
                          Eva Bonde Nielsen, DK, Chairman of the Organising Committee

09.00-09.10         Welcoming Remarks

Mogens Lønborg, Mayor, Health & Care Administration, City of Copenhagen

09.10-09.20         Opening Remarks

Eva Bonde Nielsen, Senior Researcher, Msc Psychol, Strategic Lead DCM, The Danish Knowledge Centre on Ageing, chairman of the organizing committee

09.20-10.20         Keynote speech

                          The Myth of Alzheimer’s

Peter J. Whitehouse, M.D.-Ph.D., Professor of Neurology, Cognitive Science, Psychiatry, Neuroscience, Psychology, Nursing, Organizational Behavior and History at Case Western Reserve University. Attending Physician at University Hospitals Case Medical Center. Director, Adult Learning, The Intergenerational School

 10.20-11.00        Keynote speech

                          Person-Centred Dementia Care – a definition

Dawn Brooker, Bsc Msc PhD CPsychol (clin), Professor of Dementia Care Practice and Research, Bradford Dementia Group, University of Bradford, UK

11.00-11.30         Coffee/tea

11.30-12.15           Person-Centred Care in Practice – implementation and knowledge circulation

Christian Müller-Hergl, DCM Strategic Lead Dialogzentrum Demenz, Institut für Pflegewissenschaft, Universität Witten-Herdecke In Via Akademie, Meinwerk-Institut, Germany

12.15-13.30        Lunch

13.30-15.00        Parallel sessions 1 - 3

                          Session 1

                          Making services better

                          Moderator             Joan Agine, Denmark

                          Presentation by                  Dawn Brooker, Bradford Dementia Group, UK  

                          Session 2 (in Danish)

What is Dementia Care Mapping – and how is it connected to Dementia Care Politics in the City of Copenhagen

Moderator             Claus Holst, Denmark

Presentations by    Eva Bonde Nielsen, Denmark

                              Lars Bo Bülow, Denmark

                          Session 3

                          Narratives and storytelling in Dementia Care

                          Moderator             Vibeke Drevsen Bach, Denmark

                          Presentation           Peter Whitehouse, USA

15.00-15.30         Coffee/tea

15.30-16.45         Parallel sessions, 4 - 6

                          Session 4 (in Danish)

Experiences with Dementia Care Mapping in the City of Copenhagen

                          Moderator             Vibeke Drevsen Bach, Denmark

                          Presentations                     Charlotte Agger, Manager Dementia Center Pilehuset, DCM Trainer, RN and MPA, Denmark

Henrik Wiegman, Deputy Manager, RN, advanced DCM user, Denmark

Lotte Breum, Social and Health Care Assistant, advanced DCM user, Højdevang Sogns Dementia Center, Denmark

                          Session 5

International Perspective on the Application of Person-Centred Care and Dementia Care Mapping 

Moderator             Eva Bonde Nielsen, Denmark

                          Presentations                     Elena Fernandez, M.S.G., Clinical Psychologist; Strategic Lead & Executive Director, Alzheimer’s Catalunya Association, Barcelona, Spain

Josep Vila Miravent, M.S.G. Clinical Psychologist, Strategic lead; Elderly Projects Coordinator, Institute for the Promotion of Health Services (IPPS), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Rui Barros de Abreu, SW, Financial Aid Programs Coordinator, Alzheimer Portugal, Lisbon, Portugal.

Kyung Rim Shin, RN, Ed.D, FAAN. Dean College of Nursing Science, Eeha Women’s University,South Korea; Vice President, Korean Nurses Association; Director, The Korea Center for Qualitative Methodology; President, Korean Academy of Alternative Nursing, Seoul, South Korea (to be confirmed)

                          Session 6

Driving an Agenda for Person-Centred Care and Dementia Care Mapping

                          Moderator             Dorte Høeg, Denmark

                          Presentations                     Virginia Moore, B.APP.Sci (OT), Churchill Fellow, Strategic Lead; Dementia Services Consultant, Brightwater Care Group, Perth, Australia

Carsten Niebergall, Lead of Department of Aging, Academy of Tertianum Corporation, Switzerland.

Christian Müller-Hergl, DCM Strategic Lead Dialogzentrum Demenz, Institut für Pflegewissenschaft, Universität Witten-Herdecke In Via Akademie, Meinwerk-Institut, Germany

                                                    Yutaka Mizuno, M.D., Ph.D, Director, Department of Psychogeriatrics, Imaise Branch, Itinomiya City Hospital, Aichi, Japan

16.45 – 17.00      Closing session

Lars Bo Bülow, RN, MPA, Head of Division, City of Copenhagen, Health and Care Administration, Centre of Health and Care Development, Denmark

General Information

Conference site

The conference will be held at Nordatlantens Brygge, a beautifully restored warehouse at Christianshavn in the centre of Copenhagen. For further information: www.bryggen.dk

Transportation:

Bus no. 2A, direction Kastup, runs at Torvegade, and you get off at Strandgade. Then 5 min. walk down Strandgade, the conference site is located at the end of the street. Metro, direction, Vestamager or Lergravsparken. Get off at Christianshavn Station, walk left a few hundred metres to Strandgade, see map below.

Lunch and coffee

A buffet lunch will take place in the restaurant of Nordatlantens Brygge, NOMA, the only restaurant in Denmark that has 2 stars in the famous Guide Michelin.

Conference fee

The fee for participating is DKK 1,750 (€ 240). This includes conference material, lunch, and coffee/tea.

Registration Procedure

Enclosed is a registration form. Please fill in the form and return it at your earliest convenience to the conference secretariat. Please secure that your payment follows, as you are not secured a seat at the conference until the conference secretariat has received your payment.

Should you need a hotel room for the night before or after, the secretariat has pre-booked a few rooms, please contact the secretariat.

Cancellation and insurance

In case of cancellation, you can have your fee refunded, provided that the secretariat receives a written notice on the cancellation, not later than one month before the conference. If another person will come in your place, the secretariat must be advised one week before the conference at the latest. The organisers do not take any responsibility, whatsoever, on injuries on persons or properties during the conference.

Conference language

Conference language will be English in most sessions. Simultaneous interpretation will not be provided. Where sessions are in Danish it is clearly stated in the programme above.

Conference secretariat

Questions regarding practicalities, such as registration etc. must be addressed to:

grete.madsen@suf.kk.dk or by phone: +45 35 30 38 09. Full address: Health & Care Administration, City of Copenhagen, Sjællandsgade 40, H 427, 2200 Copenhagen N,

att.: Grete Madsen

Questions regarding the professional programme must be addressed to:

ebn@daniae.dk or by phone: +45 39 40 58 47. Full address: Videnscenter på Ældreområdet, Tornebuskegade 7, 1., 1131 Copenhagen K

Further information

Please visit: www.aeldreviden.dk or www.daniae.dk/konference

Map of conference site

We look forward to seeing you in October!