NSW/ACT News
Author helps expression of dementia sufferers
Conversations with dementia patients can be confusing for many, but to UK author John Killick they are pure poetry.
In town later this month to present writing workshops at the University of Wollongong, Killick hopes to help family members and carers better communicate with people with dementia.
He’s spent the past two decades doing just that – talking and more importantly listening to those with the condition and writing poetry and prose based on those conversations.
He’s published six books of these poems, and his latest book, Dementia Positive, has just been released…
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Bowral GP brings medicine of mirth to elderly
Bowral GP Peter Spitzer is responsible for bringing laughter to the wards of aged care facilities across the country.
As the creator of the Laughter Boss program, Dr Spitzer has equipped hundreds of staff members with the skills to introduce humour and laughter into their workplaces over the past decade.
The good doctor is in Wollongong this Friday to conduct a workshop at the University of Wollongong’s Innovation Campus.
The workshops focus on the healing power of humour and show participants how through the use of props, word play, music and other strategies, they can engage more effectively with their elderly patients.
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International Guest Speaker: John Killick – CANCELLED
John Killick, UK based author and poet
‘Living Close to the Core of Life’
Wednesday, 27th November 2013 – CANCELLED
The NSW/ACT Dementia Training Study Centre… regret to advise that John Killick’s National Guest Lecture ‘Living Close to the Core
Living Well Longer: Research in Ageing in the Illawarra
The Australian Association of Gerontology in partnership with the IRT Research Foundation and UOW Global Challenges Program, are proudly hosting this Research Symposium on November 8, 2013. more
Designing dementia friendly hospitals
Australian Ageing Agenda, 7 July 2013 – The University of Wollongong based NSW/ACT Dementia Training Study Centre (DTSC) will launch its national education and consultancy service on designing dementia-friendly hospitals and inpatient units across Australia with a two-day workshop. more
Can Wollongong become a dementia friendly city?
UOW Research & Innovation News, May – July 2013 Issue, pages 14-15
The number of Australian people living with dementia is estimated to triple by 2050: that is an increase from 320,000 Australians to 900,000. President of Alzheimer’s Australia (AA),…
Dementia friendly hospitals
Australian Ageing Agenda, 13 June 2013
The NSW/ACT Dementia Training Study Centre (DTSC) at the University of Wollongong…, which launched a national dementia design consultancy service for residential aged care facilities last year, is running the project.
The service
$200k boost for dementia-friendly design
Illawarra Mercury, 30 May 2013
Wollongong-based researchers have been given a $200,000 boost to provide the first national education and consultancy service on designing dementia-friendly hospitals across Australia.
To read the full article visit the Illawarra Mercury….
$200,000 FOR DEMENTIA-FRIENDLY HOSPITAL PROJECT
UOW News & Media, 28 May 2013
The NSW/ACT Dementia Training Study Centre (DTSC) at the University of Wollongong has received a $200,000 boost to its budget to provide the first national education and consultancy service on designing dementia-friendly hospitals…
Seeing dementia differently through eye of a lens
UOW News & Media, 23 May 2013
American photographer and sociologist Cathy Greenblat will showcase her life-affirming images of people living with dementia during a free public lecture at the University of Wollongong on Thursday 30 May. To register for…
