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DEMENTIA

MATTERS
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

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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

Delegates are able to attend two workshops

A THE DEMENTIA FRIENDS PROGRAMME


The Dementia Friends Programme is concerned with helping to create dementia friendly
communities. In this session you will hear about the challenges of living well with dementia and
be offered the chance to commit to some sort of action as a Dementia Friend. Anyone of any
age can be a Dementia Friend and every action counts - from helping someone to find the right
bus to spreading the word about dementia on social media.
Rose Akeroyd, an Anglican Reader at St Hildas in Warley Woods Birmingham, has become a Dementia Friends
champion to help promote the programmes work.

B WHAT MATTERS MOST? DEMENTIA AND SPIRITUALITY


This workshop explores some of the ways in which dementia affects peoples sense of who they
are and also their spirituality.
Richard Wharton is the Team Leader of a multi-faith Chaplaincy Team at the QE. Having worked for 10 years
in different parishes in the Anglican Diocese of Birmingham, he moved in to healthcare chaplaincy in 2008. In
2012 he completed a research project examining the spirituality of those living with a condition known as Mild
Cognitive Impairment, which sometimes develops into Dementia. He is married to Catherine, who also serves as
an Anglican priest in Birmingham.

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.

D STEPS TOWARDS BECOMING A MORE


DEMENTIA FRIENDLY CHURCH
What does it mean to be dementia-friendly churches at the heart of a dementia-friendly
community? How can we develop local connections? Come and explore both the opportunities
and the challenges, looking at examples of what different churches are doing.
Sarah Thorpe is Dementia Support Officer in the Shrewsbury Episcopal Area of Lichfield Diocese in the Anglican
church. In her own church in Shifnal, she has started a monthly Forget-me-not tea for people living with
dementia and their carers; and she is a Dementia Friends Champion.

E ENABLING CHURCH IN CARE HOMES


The Generations Project in Solihull has at its foundation the fact that the Church exists in
care homes amongst Christians resident there, and that continuing Christian discipleship,
spirituality and worship in later years is of vital importance, including for those living with
dementia. This workshop will encourage you to venture to where people are, sharing some of
the insights and challenges of this practical mission project.
Mark Fisher is the minister of Solihull United Reformed Church. Marks wide ministerial and personal
experience has led him to explore how the church can enable discipleship amongst people of all abilities.

F CARING FOR THE CARERS OF THOSE WITH DEMENTIA


In the session Sharon Tabberer will share with you some of the insights on carer resilience
from the research with nearly 100 carers that formed the basis for www.dementiacarer.net .
There will also be an opportunity to look at this website resource and to discuss the practical
implications of the research and the resource for work with carers in local churches and
communities.
Sharon Tabberer is a director of Arc Research, a research company based in Sheffield that focusses on the
development of resilience. Alongside local carers, Arc developed www.dementiacarer.net an online source of
carer knowhow for those caring for someone with dementia.

G WORSHIP AND PEOPLE JOURNEYING WITH DEMENTIA


What is the point of worship for people with dementia? How can we help people to remain in
faith, when they cannot remember having an awareness of God? This workshop will address
some of the questions posed by dementia and offer some practical hints to help plan and lead
worship for people with dementia.
Cathy Dakin is an Anglican priest who has experience in the spiritual care of older people, especially those with
dementia. For eight years she has been a Chaplain with Methodist Homes based in Stafford, in a scheme which
provides specialist nursing care for people with dementia and enduring mental health needs.

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.

Registration is open from 8.45am and the day finishes by 4pm.


CHARGE 20 per person, which includes lunch and all refreshments.
VENUE Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Mindelsohn Way, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2GW.
- The hospital is easily accessed by public transport.
- The University train station is a five minute walk away.
- Parking in the hospital car park costs 7 for the day.
- Some free parking on the roads nearby is possible.

BOOK ONLINE NOW


www.cofebirmingham.com/dementia
The Church of England, 1 Colmore Row, Birmingham B3 2BJ
0121 426 0429 | AndreaS@cofebirmingham.com

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