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An ecumenical event exploring how individuals
and churches can better understand, value and
nurture those living with dementia
SATURDAY
17 OCTOBER
9.30am-4.00pm
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Birmingham
Keynote speakers:
LARRY GARDINER | Living with Dementia
MARGARET HARRIES | What Might a Dementia Friendly Community Look Like?
ROY MCCLOUGHRY | A Theology of Personhood
The day also includes a range of workshops
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
LARRY GARDINER | Living with Dementia
Larry Gardiner has a diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment (incipient dementia)
following a stroke in 2008. He now is a volunteer with Young Dementia UK (YDUK),
an ambassador for the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) co-production
network and chair of the Oxfordshire Dementia Empowerment Group.
MARGARET HARRIES | What Might a Dementia Friendly Community Look Like?
Margaret Harries is Lead Nurse for Older Adults and Dignity at University Hospitals
Birmingham. She leads the Dignity and Older Peoples Champions Project which
won the Nursing Times Awards for Care of Older People in 2011 and featured in
the Commission on Dignity in Care for Older People report Delivering Dignity
2012. Care of people with dementia at UHB was featured in the Kings Fund report
Making our health and care systems fit for an ageing population 2014.
ROY MCCLOUGHRY | A Theology of Personhood
Roy McCloughry is National Disability Adviser for the Church of England and VicePresident of disability charity Livability. He is author of over a dozen books on key
social issues and widely used as a speaker on a Christian approach to contemporary
ethical issues.
WORKSHOPS
C DEMENTIA FRIENDLY:
THINKING ABOUT THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
Design and innovation to support people to live well with dementia.
This workshop will explore some of the simple things can we do in our physical environments
that will make a difference.
Margaret Harries is a Methodist living in Erdington. She trained as a nurse at the Queen Elizabeth School of
Nursing. She has spent many years working with frail older people.. She is now Lead Nurse for Older Adults and
Dignity at University Hospitals Birmingham. She leads the Dignity and Older Peoples Champions Project which
won the Nursing Times Awards for Care of Older People in 2011. She is also one of the key note speakers at
Dementia Matters.
H A THEOLOGY OF PERSONHOOD:
TAKING THE DISCUSSION FURTHER
This workshop is an opportunity to explore further some of the thoughts and reflections arising
out of a theology of personhood. Roy McCloughry, one of our key note speakers, will facilitate
this session, offering further thinking of his own and welcoming questions and reflections from
participants.
Roy McCloughry is National Disability Adviser for the Church of England and Vice-President of disability
charity Livability. He is author of over a dozen books on key social issues and widely used as a speaker on a
Christian approach to contemporary ethical issues. He is also one of the keynote speakers for the Dementia
Matters event.