Westpac 'Let's Talk About Dementia' Symposium Programme 2022
Thursday 22 September 2022
Te Papa, Wellington
8.30am Registration desk opens, tea & coffee available
Mihi, Housekeeping & Into to the day
Judith Fyfe
Lived Experience:
Getting it Right - the challenge of respite
Jan Pearson - Carer
Innovation:
Home4All - Day activity programme
Marian and Jan Weststrate - Home4All
Recognising and responding to early signs of cognitive impairment/dementia in Primary Care
Emma Fromings & Dionne Delacey
- Tawa Medical Practice
Focus: Pacifica
Vaka Atafaga Pacific Nursing Service
Margaret Southwick RGON PhD - Clinical Team Leader Vaka Atafaga Pacific Nursing Service
Sponsor's Spot
Sandra Henderson - Regional Manager, Westpac
Morning Tea
Research:
Research into mate wareware (dementia) and Māori - and overview
- MANA tool
- Mate wareware app
Dr Makarena Dudley, School of Pyschology, University of Auckland
Lived Experience and Innovation:
Sharing the Care in Aged Residential Care
Kristen Phillips - Kristen supported her father while he was living in a dementia special care unit
Reflection: Managing Covid
Balancing the needs of people with dementia and the Covid restrictions
Shelley Kennedy - Dementia Knowledge Specialist, Summerset
MinDarT: Material and drawing for people with dementia and their supporters in 2022
Emma Febvre-Richards - Senior Lecturer, Massey University
Lunch
Afternoon Session Starts
Let's talk about Dementia!
Sue Piper - Carer
Research: Pacifica
Metaphorically speaking - Dementia and Pacific Peoples
Dr Vanda Symon - Va'a o Tautai - Centre for Pacific Health, University of Otago
Lifestyle interventions to maintain Brain Health
Dr Lynette Tippet - Brain Research NZ
Dementia in the new health system
Wrap Up
Anne Schumacher - CE, Dementia Wellington
3.00pm Symposium Ends