AOTI ADVISORY GROUP FOR OLDER PEOPLE

Study Day – Focus on Dementia

Friday 2nd March 2012
Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, St. James' Hospital
Discipline of Occupational Therapy - 1st Floor - Room 2.98

9.30 Registration

9.55 Welcome

10..00 Building the Foundation Blocks for Ireland’s Future National Dementia Strategy
Dr. Suzanne Cahill, Associate Professor – Research Senior Lecturer, School of Social Work and Social Policy and Research Director, Dementia Services Information and Development Centre, St. James' Hospital (DSIDC).

10.45 HSE Older Person Clinical Strategy Programme Directorate – an update
Mr Neil Dunne, Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Nursing Representative on the National Clinical Strategy and Programme Directorate (CSPD)

11.30 Tea / Coffee

12.00 The Alzheimer Society of Ireland
Ms Jean Scanlan

12.45 Questions / Discussion

1.00 Lunch

1.45 Impact of Subjective Memory Complaints for Community-Dwelling Older Adults
Ms. Gillian McHugh, Senior Occupational Therapist, Our Lady’s Hospice and Care Services, Harold’s Cross

2.15 Insights on OT intervention for people with dementia from home and abroad
Ms Joan Brangan, Lecturer, School of Occupational Therapy, Trinity College

3.00 AGM

3.30 Closing Remarks

Cost: €10 for AOTI member
€20 for AOTI member (including Advisory Group membership for the year)

Tea/Coffee included in the price (sponsored by Prestage Plumbers & Renovators) Lunch is available but not included.

Directions – Click on Interactive map on below link and select Trinity Building in drop down menu: www.stjames.ie/Patients/Gettinghere