Opening Address, Martin Collum
Speaker: Martin Collum, General Manager for Older Person's services, Cavan/Monaghan
The National Dementia Office, HSE and Genio hosted more than 150 delegates at an event in the Clayton Hotel Sligo, highlighting innovations in dementia care across the northwest region, CHO area 1. The event brought together, for the first time in this format, health and social care professionals and community members interested in collaborating to support people with dementia to live better lives at home in their communities.
Event Resources:
- Below you will find links to podcasts of each of the speakers along with associated slides.
- Full programme available here.
- Overview of consortia & intiatives developed on the day.
- Dementia Consortia: Integrated networks to deliver individualised supports for people with dementia and their family carers (Download report).
- Inclusion of People with Dementia in the Design of Services (Download report).
Additional resources:
- Watch the Understand Together short films.
- View short films produced by the HSE & Genio about supporting people with dementia in the community.
- Find reports produced by the HSE & Genio about dementia.
Podcasts & slides
The Lived Experience of Dementia, Helen Rochford Brennan
Speaker: Helen Rochford Brennan, Member of the Irish Dementia Working Group & Chair of the European Working Group of People with Dementia
Session 1: Update on National Initiatives
Presentation title: The Lived Experience of Dementia through a Human Rights Lens (no slides)
National Dementia Strategy Update, Anna de Siún
Speaker: Anna de Siún, Senior Project Manager, HSE National Dementia Office
Session 1: Update on National Initiatives
Presentation: National Dementia Strategy Update (Slides)
GP PREPARED Programme, Dr. Tony Foley
Speaker: Dr. Tony Foley, GP, Kinsale Medical Centre; Project Lead, GP PREPARED Programme; Lecturer
Session 1: Update on national initiatives
Presentation: Dementia Care in Primary Care: The PREPARED Programme (Slides)
The HSE & Genio Dementia Programme, Mary McGuire
Speaker: Mary McGuire, Programme Manager - Dementia, Genio
Session 1: Update on national initiatives
Presentation: HSE & Genio Dementia Programme (Slides)
Supporting Families in the Caring Role, Dr. Patricia McParland
Speaker: Dr. Patricia McParland, Dementia Consultant
Session 2: Care and Support Network - Wider Social Networks & Mainstream Services
Presentation: Supporting Families in the Caring Role (Slides)
Dementia Aware Donegal Project, Alastair McKinney
Speaker: Alastair McKinney, Chairperson, Alzheimer Society of Ireland, Donegal Branch
Session 2: Care and Support Network - Wider Social Networks & Mainstream Services
Presentation: Dementia Aware Donegal Project (Slides)
Living Well with Dementia, Eilis Hession
Speaker: Eilis Hession, General Manager, Social Care, HSE Community Health Care East; Lead, Living Well with Dementia Project
Session 2: Care and Support Network - Wider Social Networks & Mainstream Services
Presentation: Living Well with Dementia Project
Integrated Care Pathways for Older People, Majella O'Donnell
Speaker: Majella O'Donnell, Clinical Nurse Specialist in Dementia, Sligo
Session 3: Care and Support Network - Health & Social Care
Presentation: Integrated Care Pathways for Older People (Slides)
Role of the Advanced Nurse Specialist, Grace Kelly
Speaker: Grace Kelly, Advanced Nurse Practitioner in Dementia, Donegal
Session 3: Care and Support Network - Health & Social Care
Presentation: Role of ANP in Supporting People with Advancing Dementia (Slides)