Beyond the story: Reshaping dementia support

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Kaupapa

• Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei
• Clare Hynd, Board Member, Alzheimers NZ
• Alister Roberston, Vice-Chair, Alzheimers NZ – Setting the scene

• Professor Ngaire Kerse and Colleen Dunne, Principal Service Development Manager Health of Older Persons, Health NZ – Evaluation of Dementia Ecosystem and Pilot
• Jendi Paterson and Bill Yeates – Lived experience perspective
• Professor Ngaire Kerse, Joyce Cook Chair in Ageing Well and Co-Director Centre for Co-Created Ageing Research, University of Auckland – IDEA study
• Professor Maurice Curtis, Professor of Neuroscience, University of Auckland – What does the science tell us?
• Hon David Cunliffe, Chair, Aged Care Ministerial Advisory Group – A place to grow old – Securing the future of aged care

• Telling better stories – facilitator Fiona Parrant, Chair Lived Experience Advisory Group – in person and online
  • Stories from Alzheimers NZ’s Lived Experience Advisory Group
  • Bill Yeates – Lived experience perspective
  • Daniel Paul, Chief Executive, The PR Company – What makes a story compelling
  • Malcolm Mulholland, Co-founder, Patient Voice Aotearoa – Telling their story
• Strengthening the case with data – facilitator Nicky McDonald, Director Office for Seniors – in person and online
  • Renée Clark, Manager, Alzheimers Whanganui, and Cathy Cooney, Chief Executive, Dementia NZ – Joint national data set
  • Tom Love, Strategic Advisor Insights, Evidence and Performance, Health NZ – How Health NZ uses their data to shape the services they purchase
  • Margaret Milne, Development and Service Delivery Manager, InterRai – What does the InterRai data tell us about the people living with dementia?
  • Wayne Naylor, Chief Executive, Hospice NZ – A common good: Creating a national data commons to strengthen the case for hospice

• Kate De Goldi, Alzheimers NZ Ambassador and author
• Peeni Henare, former Member of Parliament
• Rob Campbell, economist
• Verity Johnson, writer and business owner

• Hon Casey Costello, Associate Minister of Health – Conference address
• Lynette Gopperth – Lived experience perspective
• Denise Cogrove, Chief Executive, The Selwyn Foundation and Lady Tureiti Moxon, Managing Director, Te Kōhao Health – Kaupapa Māori services
• Dr Matthew Croucher, Psychiatrist of Old Age, Health NZ Canterbury – Dementia diagnosis

• Caroline Bartle, Director, Dementia Learning Centre – Research overview challenges for staff around learning and development
• Warren Elwin, Chief Executive, Westella, Specialist dementia care – A national workforce plan for dementia support
• Frank and Judy Solomon, Founding Directors, Solomon Group – Building workforce in local communities: A lived experience perspective

• Professional development – in person only (not available online)
  • Caroline Bartle, Director, Dementia Learning Centre – Ethics and dementia
  • Rayleen Wright, Dementia Navigator, Alzheimers Gisborne/Tairāwhiti – Grief and dementia
  • Dr Jane Murray, Associate Professor, Northumbria University – Lying and dementia
• Service innovations – facilitator Carolyn Cooper, former Aged Care Commissioner – in person and online
  • Antoinette McLean, Manager, Alzheimers Otago – Community participation
  • Associate Professor Gary Cheung, Associate Professor and Old Age Psychiatrist, University of Auckland – Implementation of Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) across Aotearoa New Zealand
  • Helen Frank, Manager, and Kelly Tamati, Clinical Team Lead, Alzheimers Taranaki – Creating a flexible and responsive service for people living with Younger Onset Dementia
  • Tracey Lanigan, Chief Executive Officer, and Lisa Harvey, Service Manager, Dementia Hawkes Bay – The shed that makes mistakes

• Val Pollard and Ruth Seeman – Lived experience perspective
• Professor Lee-Fay Low, Professor in Ageing Health, University of Sydney – Services and quality
• Alzheimers NZ – Closing and karakia