• John’s story – Who I am and how I live well with Dementia
• Understanding people living with dementia who have professional backgrounds
• PALZ – Why we chose this business model
• Minimising the disconnect from peers by creating socially and intellectually stimulating environments
• Utilizing the strength of the person with dementia and the partner and working as a team

• A recent Lancet article has reviewed factors that are associated with an increased risk of dementia
• This raises the possibility of prevention, if factors are identified early enough. It also raises the possibility of identifying those at risk of dementia.
• While guidelines everywhere recommend against general population screening, the same does not apply to targeted screening of those at risk
• This approach may improve the identification of dementia, which is currently quite poor.

• Why timely diagnosis for dementia is important and how to achieve this
• The most common types of dementia and how to recognize the differences
• How to manage treatment and care accordingly

General Practitioners (GP) and Practice Nurses (PN) must be alert to the presence of a dementia as it impacts on all chronic disease management (CDM). Effective dementia care requires collaboration between GPs and PNs and other members of the primary care team, however the PN is well-positioned to take a central role in identifying cognitive impairment and providing appropriate chronic disease management care planning in primary care. Nurses are the most trusted health professional with the PN often having a relationship that extends over many years with the patient and is usually responsible for the development of CDM plans. By increasing confidence to talk about cognition and the knowledge and skills to identify CI and its impact on an individual’s health self-management, the PN can play a vital role in improving dementia care in primary care. The PN can potentially increase identification of CI in the patient group with existing chronic disease, normalise the conversation about cognition and develop individualised chronic disease management in the context of the individual’s cognitive status supporting self-management. The Dementia Pathways Tool, an online resource, has been developed to help GPs and PNs to deliver best-practice dementia care and cognitively aware chronic disease management.

• Young Onset Dementia affects 25,000 Australians, making up nearly 10% of all dementia diagnoses
• People with Young Onset Dementia and their families experience many barriers to care, including diagnostic delay of up to 5 years, frequent misdiagnosis, a lack of age appropriate support services and significant carer and family burden
• The BRIGHT-YOD project aims to improve health outcomes for people living with Young Onset Dementia by providing diagnostic, support and educational services using novel telehealth technology
• This project aims to provide timely access to specialist care, reduce the personal and economic costs related to geographic diversity and build expertise in Young Onset Dementia across our Victorian partner services (CDAMS, Dementia Australia and Huntington’s Victoria).

• Overview of history and its impact on LGBTI ageing and aged care
• Experiences of LGBTI people living with dementia
• Strategies for LGBTI inclusive care

• The local challenges and how these have been overcome
• A collaborative approach to improving care services for Aboriginal people living with dementia
• Co-designing services with stronger supports and to promote inclusion in their community

• Challenges of navigating cultural and linguistic diversity in health care
• Exploring culturally and linguistically appropriate dementia care through case studies
• Improving cross cultural communication to extend better person centred care

• Background Frailty Hub UK
• Background Frailty Hub Perth, WA & why we had to start it!
• GP frailty hub model vs Silver Chain Frailty Hub Model in WA
• Benefits of Frailty hub – pros and cons
• How to start a frailty hub in your community

• Learning, living and laughing – the stories shared and experienced by people living with dementia, their families and friends to the Nurse Practitioner Dementia Outreach Service
• Examples of support that has been requested/ offered and success rates
• Services available in the community; accessible for everyone?
• Future planning; necessary or needless?
• Scenarios and solutions