Dementia Care 2012 Agenda

DAY 1: Monday, March 5, 2012 - 8:00am to 4:15pm

• 8:00am - 9:00am: Registration
• 9:00am - 9:15am: Opening Remarks
• 9:15am - 10:15am: Fran Racher, PhD
• 10:15am - 10:45am: Break - Displays Open
• 10:45am - 12:00pm: Professor Arthur Schafer
• 12:00pm - 1:15pm: Buffet Lunch – Tijuana Yacht Club
• 1:15pm - 2:30pm: Concurrent Session 1 - You will attend ONE of the following
• Concurrent Session 1
  
  (A) - Discussing and Deciding About Tube Feeding - Practical Aspects and Ethical Considerations
  (B) - Antipsychotic Use in Personal Care Homes: Evidence-based Recommendations
  (C) - The Interdependent Independence of Older Couples: Generating Strength and Opportunity
  (D) - QUIS-EH-O: Maximizing Quality of Staff and Resident Interactions
  (E) - Aging with Mental Illness
  (F) - Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia
• 2:30pm - 3:00pm: Break
• 3:00pm - 4:15pm: Concurrent Session 2 - You will attend ONE of the following
• Concurrent Session 2
  
  (A) - Discussing and Deciding About Tube Feeding - Practical Aspects and Ethical Considerations
  (B) - Difficult Conversations: Accepting and Planning for Long Term Care
  (C) - Self-Advocacy for Everyone (S.A.F.E) Toolkit: A Resource for Engaging Patients, Families and the Public
  (D) - A Safer Environment for the Caregiver
  (E) - Alcohol Related Dementia: What is it and what are the care needs?
  (F) - Innovative Models in Therapeutic Recreation

DAY 2: Tuesday, March 6, 2012 - 8:00am to 4:30pm

• 8:00am - 9:00am: Registration
• 9:00am - 9:15am: Opening Remarks
• 9:15am - 10:15am: Dr. Adrian Wagg
• 10:15am - 10:45am: Break - Displays Open
• 10:45am - 12:00pm: Concurrent Session 3 - You will attend ONE of the following
• Concurrent Session 3
  
  (A) - Antipsychotics and Dementia – Part of the Solution or Part of the Problem?
  (B) - Falls and Incontinence: An Unrecognized Link
  (C) - A Safer Environment for the Caregiver
  (D) - Recognition of Dementia Amongst People with an Intellectual Disability
  (E) - Respect Your Plimsoll Line – Follow the ABCs to Carry a Safe Load
  (F) - Spiritual Care in Dementia Care
• 12:00pm - 1:15pm: Buffet Lunch – Tijuana Yacht Club
• 1:15pm - 2:30pm: Concurrent Session 4 - You will attend ONE of the following
• Concurrent Session 4
  
  (A) - Actions Speak Louder Than Words: Effective Communication with Persons with Dementia
  (B) - Knowledge Transfer: How Do You Get Best Practices Into Practice?
  (C) - Positive Approaches to Behaviour Change: Strategies for Nonpharmacological Intervention
  (D) - Manitoba Primary Caregiver Tax Credit/Disability Tax Credit
  (E) - Review of Behavioral Symptoms in Frontotemporal Dementia
  (F) - Put Your Best Foot Forward
• 2:30pm - 3:00pm: Break
• 3:00pm - 4:15pm: Dr. Howard Feldman
• 4:15pm: Closing Remarks

P.I.E.C.E.S.™ Workshop (If selected, full day's attendance mandatory)

• 8:00am - 9:00am: Registration
• 9:00am - 9:15am: Opening Remarks
• 9:15am - 10:15am: Keynote Presentation
• 10:15am - 10:30am: Break - Displays Open
• 10:30am - 11:45am: Workshop Begins
• 11:45pm - 12:30pm: Buffet Lunch – Tijuana Yacht Club
• 12:30pm - 2:30pm: Workshop Resumes
• 2:30pm - 2:45pm: Break
• 2:45pm - 4:30pm: Workshop Resumes
• 4:30pm: Workshop Closes

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