2025 Conference Resources
PLENARY STAGE DAY 1
Disease-Modifying Therapies in Alzheimer’s disease: an Update – Dr. Sean O’Dowd
Moving from Pathology to Health: The Brain Health perspective in Ireland – Prof. Iracema Leroi, GBHI
- Homepage | Global Brain Health Institute
- Optimizing brain health across the life course: WHO position paper
- A Concept Analysis and a Definition for Brain Health | Global Brain Health Institute
- Modifiable risk factors for dementia, and awareness of brain health behaviors: Results from the Five Lives Brain Health Ireland Survey (FLBHIS) – PubMed
The North Cork Dementia Alliance, an innovative and award-winning community dementia service – Sheena Cadoo & Charlie Drake
The Creative Arts in Dementia care and Wellbeing: A Perspective – Mike Hanrahan
An Overview and Implementation of the Model of Care for Dementia in Ireland – Paul Maloney
Irish Hospice Foundation – Supporting those caring for People at end of Life – Siobhan Murphy
- I Want To Think Ahead – Irish Hospice Foundation
- Let’s Plan Ahead: 4-part series Recorded – Think Ahead Training and Events Irish Hospice Foundation
- https://caru.ie/
Sensory Panel chaired by Carmel Geoghegan with Agnes Houston MBE, Kevin Quaid, Suzanna Dooley and Faye Hueston (Hidden Hearing)
- You can download Agnes Houston’s book here: Peer-to-Peer Resources | Age Scotland
Profiling the Communication Abilities of People with Dementia – Dr. Suzanna Dooley
- Profiling Communication Ability in Dementia (P-CAD): Development and Validation of a Functional Cognitive-Communication Assessment
- The O’Brien Press | P-CAD Profiling Communication Ability in Dementia, By Suzanna Dooley, Tammy Hopper and Margaret Walshe
Enriching Environments, Enhancing Lives: Optimizing Learning and Therapeutic Interventions – Dr. Irene Hartigan
- Supporting care home staff to engage in decision-making with family carers: scaling up an educational intervention – mySupport
- National 2 Day Programme: Enhancing and Enabling Well-Being for the Person Living with Dementia – HSE.ie
- MCC PAWS @ UCC — My Canine Companion
- UCC Team – In-Touch
PARALLEL STAGE DAY 1
Holding on to Me in the Context of Dementia: a Classic Grounded Theory – Susan O’Reilly & Dr. Kevin Quaid
Supporting Relationships in Intimacy in Dementia Care: Making Guidelines more inclusive – Hannah Christie, RCSI
- Sex, intimacy and dementia – Dementia UK
- Sex, Gender and Sexuality in the Context of Dementia | Alzheimer Europe
Ceili Dance Intervention for Carers and People with Dementia – Niamh Kelly, TUS
PLENARY STAGE DAY 2
The Living Lab in Ageing and Long-term Care: the Dutch experience – Dr. Sil Aarts and Dr. Irma Everink
Keeping on Keeping on – Frank Golden
Research Trends in Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST): Updates from Ireland and Abroad – Dr. Michelle Kelly
- Cognitive stimulation for dementia: a systematic review of the evidence of effectiveness from randomised controlled trials – PubMed
- Cognitive stimulation therapy (CST) for people with dementia–who benefits most? – PubMed
- Cognitive stimulation to improve cognitive functioning in people with dementia – PubMed
From Canton to the Cavern: Chinese Wellbeing’s Cultural Harmony for Merseyside Elders – Xiaoxiao Hou
Innovations in Dementia Care: A novel Approach for Patients and Families in a changing Landscape – Edel Carey
- Féileacán Bán (White Butterfly): The story behind the service which supports the older adult living with dementia and their family
- Launch of support book for families and carers of people living with dementia – Kildare Now
Dementia Café Panel
Brain Health – Fiona Foley
PARALLEL STAGE DAY 2
Engaging the Brain through CST for Adults with Intellectual Disability – Pamela Dunne, Avista TCD
Protecting Retinal and Brain Health by enriching macular and brain carotenoids: Implications for Age-related Macular Degeneration and Alzheimer’s disease” – Eugene Matthews, Remind
A negative experience: Exploring the perspectives of healthcare assistants on pain management at end-of-life for people living with dementia in a nursing home – Brenda Au
Supporting People live well with Dementia: Integrating & Innovating Nurse-Led for People with Intellectual Disability / Downs Syndrome – Pamela Dunne, Avista
- Dementia Supports – Avista
- The National Intellectual Disability Memory Service – Trinity Centre for Ageing and Intellectual Disability – Trinity College Dublin
- Jenny’s diary: Supporting conversations about dementia with people who have a learning disability – The UWS Academic Portal
Bridging the capacity gap – developments in decision support – Muriel Moore
Human Rights & Restrictive Practices – Florence Horsman Hogan
