Memory International

9 - 10 July 2003
Commonwealth Institute, London

Organisers: The Journal of Dementia Care
Chair - Day 1: Dr Roger Bullock, Kingshill Research Centre
Chair - Day 2: Professor Gary Small, UCLA

This conference is different from many dementia conferences in that it starts by focusing on the role of the memory and then progresses to discuss and analyse how that understanding can affect and improve the services offered to people with dementia. Expert speakers from many disciplines will offer a wide range of constructive ideas on everything from how memory loss can be prevented to how people with established dementia can best be cared for in a positive environment. International speakers have been invited to give a truly global perspective on the challenges that memory presents us both as individuals and as professionals.

Who is the conference for?

This is aimed at all professionals in community and hospital settings with an interest in memory within the context of dementia. It is ideal, therefore, for old age psychiatrists, CPNs, OTs, nurses with a special interest in dementia, geriatricians, neurologists, GPs and senior managers and executives responsible for delivering dementia services.

Fee

Cost per person: One day - £130 plus VAT (£147.50) Two days - £200 plus VAT (£235.00)

For further information, please contact:

Shital Patel, Hawker Publications, 2nd Floor Culvert House, Culvert Road, London SW11 5DH
Fax: +44 (0)20 7498 3023

E-mail: shital@hawkerpubs.demon.co.uk

Conference Programme

9 July - Chair: Dr Roger Bullock

8.30 - 9.20 a.m.	Registration
9.20 a.m.	Chair's opening remarks
9.30 a.m.	The Making of Memory - Professor Stephen Rose, Director of Brain & Behaviour Research Group, Department of Biology, Open University Professor Rose will provide an update on the latest thinking about the neuroscience of memory as well touching upon current and future drug treatments for dementia.
10.30 a.m.	Quantum Memory Power - Dominic O'Brien, 8 times World Memory Champion, West Sussex Dominic O'Brien will give practical demonstrations of his phenomenal memory as well offering insights into how he achieves his success.
11.30 a.m.	Tea, Coffee & Posters
12.00 p.m.	Preventing Memory Loss - Professor Gary Small, Parlow Soloman Professor on Ageing, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, UCLA Center on Ageing, Neuropsychiatric Institute, Los Angeles, USA Professor Small, author of the best-selling Memory Bible will discuss strategies to keep the memory functioning as well as and as long as possible, including lifestyle advice and the use of therapeutic drugs.
1.15 p.m.	Lunch and Posters
2.30 p.m.	Caring for Carers - a professional perspective - Professor Henry Brodarty, Chairman Alzheimer's Disease International and Professor in the Academic Department of Old Age Psychiatry, University of NSW, Australia Professor Brodarty will describe the help professionals can offer carers to improve the quality of life for both them and the people they are looking after. One of the objectives is to help people stay at home for as long as possible.
3.15 p.m.	Living with Dementia - Dr Bob Foy, retired DP with dementia, plus How people with dementia are changing the Alzheimer's Society - Rachael Litherland, Living with Dementia Project Manager, Alzheimer's Society
4.00 p.m.	Tea & Posters
4.30 p.m.	Communication: A Matter of Life and Death of the Mind - John Killick, Research Fellow at the Dementia Services Development Centre, University of Stirling and writer in residence, Westminster Health Care Poet, author and research John Killick has transformed our view of personhood and awareness in dementia. Based on ten years' experience of listening to people with dementia, he argues that individuals remain themselves behind a 'language barrier' that challenges communication.
5.15 p.m.	Close
5.30 p.m.	Wine Reception (included within the conference fee)
6.15-7.45 p.m.	'Jubilee', a highly acclaimed celebration of 1950s memories in words and music by the Age Exchange Reminiscence Theatre (included within the conference fee)
8.00 p.m.	Conference Dinner (not included within the conference fee)

10 July - Chair: Professor Gary Small

8.30 - 9.30 a.m.	Registration
9.30 a.m.	Chair's opening remarks
9.40 a.m.	Mild Cognitive Impairment - what is it and when does it become dementia? - Professor Alexander Kurz, Technical University of Munich, Germany As people are becoming more aware of memory problems they are presenting earlier to the doctor. Professor Kurz will explain what this 'condition' is and when (or whether) it develops into dementia.
10.20 a.m.	Debate: Is Mild Cognitive Impairment a Useful Clinical Entity? Pro: Professor Alexander Kurz Con: Dr Roger Bullock Following a vigorous defence of the entity 'mild cognitive impairment' and an equally impassioned attack on it, delegates will be offered the chance to debate whether people should be told they have MCI, what the implications are when resources are limited and whether the term should be retained.
11.00 a.m.	Tea, Coffee & Posters
12.00 p.m.	PARALLEL SESSIONS Functional Assessment in Dementia - Alison Warren, Lecturer, Department of Health and Social Care, Brunel University This session will look at different ways to measure how people manage to perform the activities of daily living and how these measurements may help our understanding of how dementia responds to treatment interventions. Neurorehabilitation: Lessons from Associated Disciplines - Professor Barbara Wilson, Research Scientist Memory & Knowledge, MRC Cognition & Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge This session will consider what lessons (including the use of technology) can b offered to dementia professionals by those with experience in the treatment of other cognitive disorders such as head injury, encephalitis, MS and other progressive conditions. Preventing Memory Loss - Professor Gary Small, Parlow Soloman Professor on Ageing, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, UCLA Center on Ageing, Neuropsychiatric Institute, Los Angeles, USA This session will expand on the themes discussed by Professor Small in his paper on day 1.
12.30 p.m.	Lunch and Posters
1.45 p.m.	Early Psychosocial Interventions for People with Dementia - Lindsay Royan, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, North East London Mental Health Trust, London Lindsay Royan will review research evidence for the benefits of psychosocial approaches in early dementia, including memory support strategies and cognitive therapy.
2.30 p.m.	New Treatments and Combination Therapies - Dr Cornelius Kelly, Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry, Central & North West London Mental Health Trust Dr Kelly will provide an update on the new drug releases and how they can be used in combination.
3.15 p.m.	Genetics and future treatment aims - Dr Clive Holmes, Consultant psychogeriatrician, Moor Green Hospital, Southampton Dr Holmes will discuss what we currently know about the genetics of dementias and how this knowledge may lead to new and more specific treatments.
4.00 p.m.	Summing-up: Dr Roger Bullock
4.15 p.m.	Tea & Close

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