Care in the age of outrage
Are we able to care in an age of outrage? Will fear or collaboration drive the culture and future of aged care? These are central considerations of our International Dementia Conference taking place on 11-12th June 2020.
For 25 years The Dementia Centre has considered what it takes to navigate the many ways we approach support and care for people with dementia, their families and carers.
Drawing on local and international expertise, with the voices of those living with dementia, join us to discuss and debate how we shape the future ahead.
Watch this video now to learn more and be a part of this event.
Speakers
Lenny White
Lenny ‘the dementia friendly barber’ will be joining our conference line up.
Lenny White
Lenny ‘the dementia friendly barber’ will be joining our conference line up.
Lenny, who worked previously in sales and marketing, had a change of direction a few years ago and trained to become a barber. He is the world's first mobile dementia-friendly barber to go around care homes in Northern Ireland and provide a tailored barber service – challenging the beauty salon concept, providing a personalised experience for men. But it’s about more than just the barbering – it is about the experience. Visit his website.
Prof Craig Ritchie
Prof Ritchie is the Professor of Psychiatry of Ageing at the University of Edinburgh and Director of Edinburgh Dementia Prevention
Prof Craig Ritchie
Prof Ritchie is the Professor of Psychiatry of Ageing at the University of Edinburgh and Director of Edinburgh Dementia Prevention
Prof Ritchie is the Professor of Psychiatry of Ageing at the University of Edinburgh and Director of Edinburgh Dementia Prevention, having moved from his role as Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Mental Health at Imperial College London in October 2014.
In 2016, he was appointed as Associate Director of the Edinburgh Clinic Research Facility (CRF) and elected Chair of the Scottish Dementia Research Consortium (SDRC) in 2017.
He has driven forward on his commitment to promote and grow that consortium to assist Scotland and Scottish based researchers from all over the world to achieve its objectives and theirs. His primary research interest is in the maintenance of brain health in mid-life to mitigate the risks of initiation and progression of degenerative brain diseases that may lead to dementia. To achieve this he leads as Chief Investigator on the EPAD (European Prevention of Alzheimer’s Dementia) Programme, the PREVENT Dementia Project and the Scottish Brain Health Register.
Most recently he was appointed as an Associate Director of DPUK2 (Dementias Platform UK).
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