A free dementia care conference has been organised by CFW in collaboration with the 1,000 Lives Programme.
- ‘Dementia Care in Wales Today’ will take place on March 26 in Venue Cymru, Llandudno.
Key note speakers at the conference will include David Sheard
(Dementia Care Matters) and Prof. Bob
Woods.
The aim is to help spread good practice, improvement
methods and useful dementia care ideas within the residential care sector. The event is aimed at providers of
residential nursing and care homes in North Wales.
About the 1,000
Lives Programme
1000
Lives is the national improvement programme, supporting organisations and
individuals to deliver the highest quality and safest healthcare for the people
of
aims to ensure reliable implementation of evidence based interventions in local
settings and the tracking of outcomes. It incorporates mental health targets for
general and mental health services, including 5 Dementia Care targets that were
launched at a national Collaborative in January 2011. Work on Dementia target 3
aims to support improvement in the appropriate prescribing of anti-psychotic
medications in dementia care in community and residential settings, and joins
with a 1000 Lives Plus Medicines Management Target which was launched in October
2011.
Betsi
Cadwaladr Health Board Medicine Management leads and teams, together with
Clinical leads and local teams delivering Dementia Care Target 3 are invited to
for this local collaborative event which is targeted at providers of
residential nursing and care homes in North Wales and
- Local
CSSIW Reps e.g. Regulatory Managers/Inspectors & Team Leaders - Care Home Liaison Nurses & CMHT managers
- Community & Care Home pharmacists
- Dementia Coordinators
- The
collaborative event is co-hosted by Care Forum
Wales
How to book
Please book your FREE place at the event online here
For further information please contact leslie.rudd@wales.nhs.uk 07866 679064.