All staff

• To understand how to identify delirium and what individual’s role are in responding to it.
• To understand the benefits of therapeutic engagement for people living with dementia
• To understand the difference between ‘symptoms’ and ‘behaviours’

A one day conference which will feature a number of expert speakers on dementia and delirium. There will be a focus on the benefits that therapeutic engagement bring to patients and how vital, but yet sometimes overlooked,  kindness is. 

A series of talks and interactive sessions on dementia and delirium from:

• Sophie Edwards, Geriatrician, Barts Health NHS Trust
• Tommy Whitelaw, Inspirational Speaker, Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland
• Rachel Thompson, Admiral Nurse, Dementia UK
• Dementia & Delirium Team, Barts Health NHS Trust
• Helen Scott, Stories that Speak

Dementia and Delirium Team

• Lynda McNab 
• Jane Ikeagwu
• Sharling Bovell
• Eva Rowe
• Kate Young

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