This seminar explores how to design dementia-enabling clinical settings. It will provide an overview of the design principles that help to mitigate the cognitive and functional deficits experienced by many people with dementia. Two examples - from community aged care and hospital settings - are presented by the clinicians involved in their design and implementation.

Speakers

Jason Burton

Jason Burton is the Associate Executive Director for Dementia Training Australia. He trained as a mental health nurse and has specialised in supporting people living with dementia and their families for over 30 years, both in the UK and in Australia.

Kate Hawkins

Kate is the Project Manager of the Specialist Dementia Care Program at Anglicare Southern Queensland where she leads the implementation of research into everyday care.

Dr Fred Graham (PhD)

Fred is Clinical Nurse Consultant and clinical lead of the Dementia and Delirium Nursing Service at Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH), Brisbane. Fred is a clinical expert in managing changed behaviours and psychological symptoms in dementia and symptoms of distress in delirium in acute care.

About Geriatric Medicine Seminar Series

Geriatric Medicine Seminar Series

UQ Centre for Health Services Research and the Queensland Dementia, Ageing, and Frailty Clinical Network present a seminar series featuring researchers from medicine, nursing, allied health, pharmacy, and psychology as well as biomedical engineering, health economics, data analytics, health informatics with a focus on ageing and geriatric medicine. 

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