@DARG_sessions is hosting a FREE hybrid symposium focused on #EMCA research into conversational interaction in people living with dementia 10-11 November
Conversations and Communication in Dementia: Research and Practice Symposium November 10 @ 10:00 am - November 11 @ 5:00 pm GMT FREE This hybrid symposium focuses on research into conversational interaction in people living with dementia. Primarily aimed at researchers, PhD students, and health and social care practitioners, the 2-day event will be held at Loughborough University, but with online facilities for those attending remotely, and for anyone whose access needs require remote participation. This symposium is supported by funding from the Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness Please register on Eventbrite (note that Eventbrite says the event is ‘online’, but it’s also happening in person at Loughborough). https://bit.ly/3dTGwgF DETAILS: Start: November 10 @ 10:00 am GMT End: November 11 @ 5:00 pm GMT Cost: Free Programme outline (10-11 November 2022) Thursday 10 November 2022 (10:00-17:00): Time Event Who? 10:00 Welcome and introductions Felicity Slocombe 10:30-12:30 State of the Art Research Presentations: Conversation Analysis (CA) and Dementia 4 presentations (approximately 30 minutes) to include presentation, demonstration/replay of audio-visual data, open debate around methods and analytical issues. Danielle Jones – clinical communication in memory assessment services exploring differential diagnosis of dementia, functional cognitive disorder and MCI, communication during cognitive assessments and dementia risk communication Jenny Paananen – Accounting for the use of restrictions in care negotiation meetings between nursing home staff and family members of residents with dementia Chris Elsey, Alisha Warner & Katie Burnett – Professional sport, concussion, and early-onset dementia Elizabeth Peel – Pawsitivity? Dogs in Dementia Communication 12:30-1:30 Lunch 13:30-14:30 Parallel data sessions Felicity Slocombe – Photo albums and identity in a specialist dementia care home Danielle Jones – Communicating the risk of dementia. “I will be presenting data from memory clinic encounters in which patients are receiving a diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment. As part of the CoRD research project. I am exploring if, when and how clinicians communicate the risk of dementia to the patients.” 14:30-15:00 Break 15:00-16:00 Methods training session(s) in conversation analysis and co-production in research approaches. Mix of training content and opportunities to apply issues to own research Potential topics: How to meaningfully involve people living with dementia in CA dementia research; the link between CA and ethnography; practical issues (e.g. ethics, recruitment) 16:00-17:00 Tips & Experiences: Communication Training in Dementia Care Short 5-10 minute demonstrations of communication training tools, techniques and resources for comms training in dementia care. How practitioners and students learn in different contexts: medical education, applied settings, social science etc. Alison Pilnick, Rebecca O’Brien, Suzanne Beeke and Isabel Windeatt will discuss the VOICE projects. Hannah Wheat and Sarah Griffiths will discuss the D-PACT project. She will discuss the use of conversation analysis, alongside realist evaluation methodology, to inform an evaluation of a complex intervention for people with dementia and carers. Suzanne Beeke will discuss the development of the Better Conversations with Aphasia model and lessons learned. 18:00 Evening meal provided for in-person attendees free of charge Friday 11 November 2022 (10-3pm): 10:00-12:00 State of the Art Research Presentations: Conversation Analysis (CA) and Dementia 4 presentations (approximately 30 minutes) to include presentation, demonstration/replay of audio-visual data, open debate around methods and analytical issues. Elin Nilsson – Persuasion in practice: managing diverging stances in assessment meetings with older couples living with dementia Lauren Bridgstock – Use of elderspeak in hospital contexts Alison Pilnick, Rebecca O’Brien, Suzanne Beeke and Isabel Windeatt – how distress can be managed, avoided or averted in the context of completing necessary care tasks for PLWD. Saul Albert – Virtual assistants in smart homecare settings 12:00-12:45 Lunch 12.45-14:00 Parallel data sessions Lauren Hall – Virtual assistants supporting agency of people with dementia Lucie Hogger – Interactions around medicines between people living with dementia and their families at home 14:00-15:00 Future planning Opportunities to discuss what happens next: -reflections on the event, -possible special issues, -research collaborations, -how to continue the conversation (if at all), -funding opportunities. 15:00 End of event Email: dementiacomms@lists.conversationanalysis.org VENUE: Brockington Building, B.1.1.4. and online Brockington Building, Loughborough University Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 3TU United Kingdom
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