3 July 2013
12:30pm-3:30pm
Adelaide Meridien Hotel
21-39 Melbourne Street, North Adelaide
Cost: No Charge
End of Life Dementia Care: Can We Do It Better?
Presented by International Guest Speaker, Professor Julian Hughes and Senior Australian of the Year 2013, Professor Ian Maddocks.
- What makes dementia care at the end of life different from other chronic diseases?
- What constitutes palliative care in people with dementia?
- What does supportive care add to palliative care in dementia?
- When should discussions take place about end of life with people with dementia?
- How should pain and distress be managed in people with dementia?
- How are ethical issues at the end of life to be dealt with in dementia?
Please be aware that the content of this presentation may be confronting. Counsellors will be on site during the presentation.
About the Speakers
Professor Julian C Hughes is a consultant in old age psychiatry based at North Tyneside General Hospital, UK. He is Honorary Professor of Philosophy of Ageing at the Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, UK.
His most recent book is Thinking Through Dementia published by Oxford University Press in 2011.
Emeritus Professor Ian Maddocks is an eminent palliative care specialist and a passionate advocate for world peace. A specialist physician in the Australian Administration of Papua New Guinea for 14 years, he became Foundation Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Papua New Guinea in 1971. Since 1982 he has worked with medical groups seeking to eliminate nuclear weapons.
Professor Maddocks was President of the Medical Association for Prevention of War when it received an Australian Peace Medal, and Vice-President of International Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War when it received the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1985. Since 1980 he has advocated improved care for the dying, and was first Chair of Palliative Care at Flinders University, first President of the Australian Association for Hospice and Palliative Care first President of the Australian and New Zealand Society for Palliative Medicine. Recipient of the inaugural Bethlehem Griffiths Medal for research in palliative care, Professor Maddocks is recognised internationally for his work in palliative care, tropical and preventative medicine. Now Emeritus Professor at Flinders University , he continues daily care for the terminally ill.
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