SAT/8JUNE13 ADFM Public Seminar on "Person Centred Dementia Care"

ADFM National Caregivers Network in collaboration with Eisai Malaysia and The Faculty of Nursing, MAHSA University College is holding a One Day Seminar on: 

      

"PERSON CENTRED DEMENTIA CARE”                   

      

SPEAKERS:  
1.  Dr Ng Li-Ling, Senior Consultant Psychiatrist, Programme Director Community Psychogeriatric Programme, Changi General Hospital, Singapore.

2.  Dr Philip Yap Lin Kiat, Senior Consultant Geriatrician, Clinical Director, Geriatric Centre, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore

DATE:              SATURDAY, 8 JUNE 2013

TIME:                9.00am – 4.30pm (Registration starts 8.00am)

VENUE:           LectureTheatre, Block A, 1st Floor, MAHSA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE

                           Jalan University Campus, Off Jalan University, 59100 Petaling Jaya    

Programme:

0800     Registration of Attendance

0900     Welcome Address by Chairperson

0905     Dementia – Chronic Disease of the 21^st Century (Dr Ng LI-LING)

1000     Understanding the Dementia Experience (video based learning) (Dr Philip Yap)

1100     Tea break

1130      A Primer on Person Centred Care (Dr Philip Yap)

1230      Lunch break

1330      Understanding Behaviours in Dementia (Dr Ng LL)

1430      Tea break

1500       Person Centred Care for Family Caregivers (Dr Philip Yap)

1600       Q & A

1630       End

OBJECTIVE:

Dementia is set to become the chronic disease of the 21st century. With 35million people with dementia in the world currently, the numbers will rise to 50million by 2020. Latest statistics in the United States show that one in 3 older persons die from dementia today. Indeed, as there is still no cure for dementia on the horizon, there is a pressing need to help persons with dementia (PWD) and their families live and cope better with the disease. 

In recent times, person centred care (PCC) has become synonymous with quality care for PWD. PCC values the person as a unique individual, adopts the perspective of the person and provides a supportive environment that understands his needs, upholds his autonomy and places the highest value on his well-being. Although it is true that brain pathology is often the dominant driver of dementia symptoms, PCC posits that an intimate knowledge of the person's unique past, comprising his biography and personality, coupled with insights into the environment he is subjected to, help us better understand and see the real person behind the facade of the disease. There is recent research to show that a supportive and enriched environment can help PWD. Therefore, it appears that beyond biological factors, quality of care impacts not just quality of life but also how dementia evolves.  Person centred care (PCC) is a call to care better for our elders with dementia and we should rise to the call.

SPEAKER’S PROFILE:

DR NG LI-LING, MBBS, MMED (Psych), FAMS, is a senior Consultant Psychiatrist in the Department of Psychological Medicine, Changi General Hospital Singapore. She chairs the National Dementia Network at the Ministry of Health, Heads the Community Psychogeriatric Programme and sits on the Board of Alzheimer's Disease International. She received specialist training in the field of psycho-geriatrics in UK in 1991.  Since 1993, she has been the Vice President of the Singapore Alzheimer’s Association and has had significant experience in the management of people with dementia and their families.  In addition, Dr Ng is actively involved in the planning of services for the elderly with mental illnesses and is a strong advocate for the greater awareness of the special needs of this sub-group.  

DR PHILIP YAP LIN KIAT is a Senior Consultant Geriatrician & Clinical Director of the Geriatric Centre, also leads the Memory and Dementia Care Service, in Khoo Teck Puat Hospital Singapore. He has a special interest in improving quality of care and quality of life for persons with dementia and their family caregivers.  He sits on the Committees of the National Dementia Network at the Ministry of Health, The Alzheimer’s Disease Association of Singapore, the Medical Advisory Board of Agency for Integrated Care and is also Chairperson of the Steering Committee for Person Centred Care and Dementia Care Mapping in Singapore.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Caregivers and families, Allied Health Workers & all those who directly or indirectly are involved in the care of persons with dementia.  

Certificate of Attendance will be awarded to participants from Allied Health Sector.   

To the Caregivers and their families, this is a seminar you should not miss it.  We look forward that all of you make it a point to register for the above seminar.   

COMPULSORY PRE-REGISTRATION :  First-Come-First-Served Basis:

1.  Email Registration Form to jenny@adfm.org.my or Fax to 03 7960 8482.

2.  SMS 016 608 2513 indicating full name, caregiver (Yes/No), and contacts if you do not have       email access.

3.  Email jenny@adfm.org.my or call 016 608 2513 / 03 7956 2008 for any clarifications.
4.  Closing date by 25 May 2013.

We look forward to welcoming all of you at the above seminar.