• Expectations of health and social care systems
• Responsibilities of wider society

• The NHS Long Term Plan was published in January 2019.
• It sets out historic 5 and 10-year ambitions and commitments focused on an improved health care offer to older people in their communities
• This will be delivered through primary care networks as part of the new funding commitments to primary and community services
• Included in this are:
  • New approaches to targeted population health focused on Ageing Well for people with moderate frailty
  • Urgent community response to reduce the need for unwarranted hospital admission or stays, and
  • A new guaranteed offer of advanced health care support to residents in care homes.

• Raise awareness of dementia and how we all have a responsibility to understand it and help people living with it to enjoy life
• Discuss how to support clients with dementia effectively at home whilst promoting dignity, independence and choice
• Share Home Instead’s dementia expertise at both national and local level
• Share useful tips to increase understanding of how to improve the lives of those who live with dementia

• Hear the findings from CQC’s inspections of dementia care services
• Learn about key factors which contribute towards an outstanding rating

• Hear about Public Health England’s Approach to Productive Healthy Ageing
• Learn what progress has been made in relation to dementia risk reduction so far
• Reflect on opportunities for future progress

• Elsi® Smart Floor shows resident’s daily activity with high privacy standards
• Cost efficiency versus quality of care – technology will help to achieve both

• How cycling to videos from familiar roads and childhood memories motivates to increased physical activity and improves wellbeing
• How our Sport England-funded project helps spreading this activity across England
• The Road Worlds for Seniors - an annual world championship for people in care homes and adult day care centres

Technology is rapidly changing our world and how we live. Advances in technology, including developments in AI, are also allowing us to identify changes in health, and in particular cognitive function that can indicate the early onset of dementia. And for those living with dementia, technology can often provide an opportunity to remain safe and independent at home.

Join us and experts in dementia, health and technology to hear how technology is currently supporting earlier diagnosis and the management of dementia, what is in development and what might be available in the not too distant future.

• An insight into our services (Enriched Opportunities Programme) within a retirement village
• Latest research findings relating to mental health and cognition
• Putting the research into practice
• Case study on supporting a resident to live well and retain their independence

Designing for Dementia will be a highly participative workshop bringing together health and care specialists, architects, commissioners, customers and their carers to look at how effective home design can improve care and independent living.

In order to make best use of the increased funding for dementia research we will need

• to attract new and young researchers
• support informed choice for research participation
• ensure robust public and patient involvement

At a policy level, the World Alzheimer Organisation and WHO have both recommended greater involvement of primary care in the management of people with dementia. In the UK updated NICE guidance on dementia has also advocated a greater role for GPs and the primary care team. This presentation will practically discuss how this can be done within current NHS health care systems. 

• The scale the social care workforce
• The key challenge and how we address it
• Dementia workforce development in social care and health