/ Dementia Networking Advocates’ (DNA) Newsletter
4 February 2015
ruary 2015
multi disciplinery professionals making connections, across specialisms
/In This Issue one
DNA provides networking and training events for advocates and a multidisciplinary team of professionals, involved in supporting people with dementia. What exactly is multidisciplinary integration? In its simplest conception, it is about making connections, across disciplines to real life. DNA’s aim is to help you to continue your great work in advocating for people living with dementia through making skills based or knowledge based connections.
DELEGATES ATTEND DNA’s FIRST WORKSHOP | Issue 1 / 2The first workshop in January was an overall success. Download the speaker presentations here http://dementiapartners.com/events/
Save the date for the next DNA workshop on 7 May in London - see email invite!
Dr Fabia Chan, Specialist Registrar in Special Care Dentistry, UCL
The delegates were thoroughly engaged the talk on oral intervention plans being difficult due to resistance to treatment and oral care and interrelated domains of need in nutrition, unreliable communication and challenging behaviour. In Q & A, the delegates discussed how to observe for signs of a pain reaction of a person with dementia who can no longer reliably communicate pain. We have requests for more talks on this. "Knowledgeable and quite unexpected eg, Dental Registrar excellent"
Roger Crouch, Head of Court of Protection (COP) Dept. and Solicitor, FMW Law, Hammersmith focussed on providing helpful advice to advocates on processes for COP Panel Deputies, creating LPAs and introduced statutory wills.
The delegates reported
"I found all of them interesting and learnt something from each"
"Great variety of relevant speakers + topical, valuable and useful information."
“"Knowledgeable and quite unexpected eg, Dental Registrar excellent"
“more time for networking and questions next time please”
“very good speakers, re: medication and causes"
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Dr Vanessa Raymont, Consultant
Psychiatrist, Honorary Senior Lecturer and Medico Legal Expert, Imperial College London and West London Mental Health Trust On medication and behavioural approaches for the psychiatric team, the delegates considered perusal of behaviour monitoring charts and observation of reactions which could be caused by adverse effects of medication or progressive deterioration, when taking into account the person with dementia may be unable to communicate symptoms due to unreliable communication and resistive behavioural problems to examination by clinicians.
“very good speakers, re: medication and causes"
Simon Brown, Barrister of Crown Office Chambers, London giving a hearty talk on Local Authority deprivation of assets and a case study on the question of what was the relevant intention of the donor of the gift and this was discussed in detail.