GERIATRIC SERVICES CONFERENCE

The 15th Annual Geriatric Services Conference

INSPIRING CONNECTIONSFriday, April 6, 2018Vancouver Convention Centre

7:30 a.m. Registration, Continental Breakfast, Poster Presentations and Displays

8:20 a.m. Welcome

8:30 a.m. Opening Keynote Address

Transforming the Culture of Aged Care: Shifting Paradigms Allan Power, MD, FACP

9:30 a.m. Keynote Address

Solving the Mystery of the Mouse in the Bin Gemma Jones, PhD

10:30 a.m. Refreshment Break, Poster Presentations an Displays

11:00 a.m. Keynote Address

Sleep Matters Glenn Landry, PhD

12:00 p.m. Lunch

12:30 p.m. Poster Presentations and Displays

1:15 p.m. Plenary Address

Can We Be Optimistic? The Global State of Dementia Planning Saskia Sivananthan, PhD

2:00 p.m. Concurrent Workshops

A1 Dementia Beyond Disease: Enhancing Well-Being Allan Power, MD, FACP

Dr. Power will review problems with overuse of psychotropic medications, the limitations of a narrow biomedical model for dementia and the shift to an “experiential” model.

Agenda

Agenda (cont’d) A2 Visuoperceptual Changes in Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease: Ideas for Adapting Care Environments to Help Compensate for Changes and Cue People Gemma Jones, PhD

Various components/features of vision change in predictable ways. Understanding why, how, and in what order these can change helps guide the design of care environments and communication. A3 E-Mental Health for Healthy Aging: Principles, Practices, and Insights Kendall Ho, MD, FRCPC A4 The Aesthetic Practitioner: Exploring the Power of Embodied, Intuitive, and Narrative Knowing in Person-Centred Relational Care Gloria Puurveen, PhD

This workshop invites participants to actively engage and explore person-centred and relational care through the lens of an aesthetic approach to care.

3:00 p.m. Refreshment Break

3:15 p.m. Concurrent Workshops

B1 Utilizing Robotics to Support Loneliness: Ethical Issues Machiel Van der Loos, PhD

B2 Visuoperceptual Changes in Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease (Cont’d/Part 2) Gemma Jones, PhD

B3 Sleep Matters for Shift Workers Glenn Landry, PhD

B4 Diagnosis and Management of Early Dementia Leena Jain, MD, FRCP, FACP

4:15 p.m. Plenary Address Moving Forward Judy Illes, CM, PhD, FRSC, FCAHS

4:45 p.m. Closing Comments for the Day

7:00 p.m. Evening Keynote Introducing the Alzheimer Cafe Concept Gemma Jones, PhD