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Event Programme
9.30 - 10.00 - Registration, refreshments & Poster Viewing
Chair: Henry Simmons, Chief Executive, Alzheimer Scotland
10.00 - 10.15 - Welcome - Henry Simmons, Chief Executive, Alzheimer Scotland
10.15 - 10.30 - Keynote Address — Maureen Watt MSP, Minister for Mental Health, Scottish Government
10.30 - 11.30 - Graduation Ceremony - Cohort 8 Dementia Champions & Cohort 2 Dementia Specialist Improvement Leads
11.30 - 11.50 - Celebratory Close of the Graduation Ceremony with a performance from Hamilton's Musical Memories Choir
11.50 - 12.00 - Comfort Break
12.00 - 12.45
Session 1 - Listening and Learning from People with Dementia
Session 2 - Dementia Cafe Inspires Meaningful Activity
Session 3 - Opening Doors in Care Homes
Session 4 - NHS Lothian Rapid Response Team
Session 5 - Quality and Excellence in Specialist Dementia Care
Session 6 - End of Life Care in an Acute Mental Health Assessment Ward
12.45 - 13.30 - Lunch - Poster Viewing
13.30 - 14.15
Session 7 - Improving Patient & Carer Experience through the Triangle of Care
Session 8 - Patients now PIC their Vascular Access and "Have you Asked for Help"
Session 9 - Using the Promoting Excellence Framework to Improve the Care Provided in Specialist Dementia Units
Session 10 - Positive and Individualised Culture of Care: What it looks like in one care home setting
Session 11 - Music in the Emergency Department
14.15 - 14.30 - Comfort Break
Chair: Henry Simmons, Chief Executive, Alzheimer Scotland
14.30 - 15.15 - The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Create It - Nicola Wood, NHS Forth Valley, Colin MacDonald, NHS Lothian, Susan Holland, NHS Ayrshire & Arran and Ruth Mantle, NHS Highland
15.15 - 15.30 - Closing Remarks, Henry Simmons, Chief Executive, Alzheimer Scotland