Dementia Research Network Ireland & The National Dementia Office will be hosting a a joint Policy & Practice forum as part of Engaging Dementia's 13th Annual International Conference.
The title of the forum is Gender and Dementia Care; Aspects in Family Caring and it will take place on 6th October 3.30-5pm. See programme attached.
Dementia Research Network Ireland are hosting free monthly webinars on hot topics in dementia research. These webinars will provide an opportunity to hear from those working in basic science, clinical and social research as well as from people living with dementia and their families. Each one-hour webinar will include a Q&A with the audience.
Target Audience: Researchers, clinicians, health & social care practitioners, the public including people living with dementia/ neurodegeneration and their families.
See attached details of an International Conference on Participatory Research In Dementia taking place virtually on 9th Sep 2021 (10am-3pm).
See attached details of an event taking place Thursday 20th May (4-5pm): 'Tea-Time with Lewy' ...an hour-long chat with Kevin and Helena Quaid, facilitated by Karen Meenan (GBHI Atlantic Fellow & DRNI member).
The event is open to everyone in Ireland and the UK to learn more about living with Lewy Body Disease in a less formal setting. The hour will be filled with songs, stories and the odd poem! If you get a chance, put the kettle on and join the chat for free!
From Despair to Hope
Registration is now open for the Arts 4 Dementia Best Practice Conference 2021: ‘Arts for Brain Health: Social Prescribing as Peri-Diagnostic Practice for Dementia’
Thursday 20 – Friday 21 May.
The 31st Annual Conference of Alzheimer Europe #31AEC, will be held as a virtual conference, under the banner “Resilience in dementia: Moving beyond the COVID-19 pandemic” (29 November - 1 December 2021).
Alzheimer Europe is calling for abstracts for oral, quick oral and poster presentations on the following subjects (deadline 30th June):
Resilience and the COVID-19 pandemic:
See link below to a Lewy Body MasterClass to be held in Nov in Sheffield in association with Neurology Academy (www.neurologyacademy.org) to raise awareness and skills in the diagnosis and management of DLB.
RCSI will be hosting a seminar via zoom on 15th April (6-7pm) as part of their virtual seminar series "Parkinson's Research in Ireland".
Perspectives from research laboratories, industry and those with the condition will be shared through short, lively talks followed by a Q&A session.
15th April, 6:00 - 7:00 PM
Register for free at Eventbrite: http://bit.ly/3vBMqXP
RCSI will be hosting a seminar via zoom on 8th April (6-7pm) as part of their virtual seminar series "Parkinson's Research in Ireland".
Perspectives from research laboratories, industry and those with the condition will be shared through short, lively talks followed by a Q&A session.
8th April, 6:00 - 7:00 PM
Throughout March – May 2021, Dementia Research Network Ireland will host a free online webinar series on the topic of Brain Health. Designed for a public audience, leading researchers in the field of brain health will address the following questions:
• How does brain health affect our cognition and how do we measure it?
• How does food affect our brain health?
• Can physical training exercise our brains?
• What are healthy habits for a healthy mind?
• What can neuroimaging tell us about brain health?