Tentative Schedule

Pre-Conference Workshops: Thursday, 28th November 2024

Time SlotTopic
10:00 am - 12:00 noonMemory screening and Early Identification
of Signs & Symptoms
02:00 - 04:00 pmCognitive Stimulation Therapy

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Conference Day 1: Friday, 29th November 2024

Time SlotMain HallHall AHall BHall C
09:00 am - 09:30 amTheme Symposium
Setting the Context

• M P Cariappa
• D P Sabharwal
• Pavithra Gangadharan
09:30 am - 10:30 amTransforming Dementia Care with Technology
• On the Threshold of a New Digital Age in Dementia Prevention, Detection, Treatment and Care –William Reichmann
• Technology / AI and Reminiscence Therapy – Mansur Dalal
• Anvayaa: Pioneering “At Home” Elder and Dementia Care in India- Prashanth Reddy

Raising Awareness and Alleviating Stigma
• Public Health Campaigns for Dementia Awareness - Swati Bhandary
• Effective Communication Strategies for Dementia Awareness - Sridhar Vaitheswaran
• Using Technology to Raise Awareness- Issac John
• Public Awareness of Dementia Prevention: Insights from a National Opinion Poll in England – Charlotte Kenten

Building the Next Generation of Dementia Care Champions (Workshop)
• Faculty from colleges together with postgraduate students

10:30 am - 11:30 amExpanded Access to Diagnosis: Biomarkers and Beyond
• Advances in Biomarkers in Dementia –Ralph Martin
• Plasma Biomarkers and Utility in Early Detection –Reddy Kommadi
• Amyloid brain Imaging as a biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease: Global and Indian Perspectives: Sandhya M
Multidisciplinary Care for Dementia
Need for multidisciplinary care –Pretesh Kiran
Assessment & Treatment - Shalini Perugu
Psychological aspects of geriatric patients - Rukmini
Caregiver burden - Anu Unni
Training in Geriatrics – Ratnakumari
Models of Community Mental Health Services (Workshop)
Malladi Srinivasa Sastry & Ravikanth K
Empowering Communities: Strategies for Capacity Building in Dementia Care (Panel)
• Sanju Thomas
• Neha Sinha
• Soumyajeet Roy
• Karthik Narayan
11:30 am - 12:30 pmThe Harmonized Diagnostic Assessment of Dementia for the Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (LASI-DAD) - Introduction and Findings
• Joyita Banerjee
• Mathew Varghese
• Pranali Khobragade
Towards Dementia-Friendly Care in Hospital Environments (Panel)
• NN Prem
• Swati Rawat
• Srikala Bharath
• CT Sudhir Kumar
• Pavitra Reddy
Innovative and Cost-Effective Community Care: Exploring the Potential of Arts-Based Practices (Workshop)
Jayashree Dasgupta
Free Papers (10)
12:30 pm - 01:00 pmPoster Presentations
01:00 pm - 01:45 pmLunch and Networking
01:45 pm - 03:15 pmMoving Pictures India: Using Film & Digital Media to Improve Dementia Care in India
• Bianca Brijnath
• Josefine Antoniades
• Rachita Rao
• Santosh Loganathan
Developing Skills and Competencies in Dementia Care
• From Missteps to Mastery: Nilanjana Maulik
• Understanding the needs of Family and Professional Caregivers – Priya Anant
• Music Helps (India): An exploration of collaboration and innovation in digital training – Else Haridas & Makeda Mitchel
• Future of Geriatric Psychiatry in India - Capacity Building in Undergraduate Medical Students –Sharanya Mohan
• Development and Implementation of a Self-Paced Dementia Care Program– Shabd Mishra
Delivering Dementia Care: Barriers and Enablers in Delivering Care Across Service (Panel Discussion)
Pavithra Gangadharan & Team
Approach to Behavioral and Psychological symptoms of Dementia (Workshop)
• Focus on tailored specific symptoms - Prerak Kumar & Shashank Saurabh Sinha
• Management of BPSD in residential care – Asha D’Souza
03:15 pm - 04:45 pmEmpowering Healthy Ageing and Reducing Dementia Risk Part-1 (45 mins)
• Risk Factors and Prevention –Manjari Tripati
• Strategies to improve cognitive reserve and resilience – Thomas Issac
• Psychological profiles associated with mental, cognitive, and brain health in middle-aged and older adults – Harriet Demnitz-King
Part-2 (45 mins)
• Co-designing a dementia risk reduction education program for multicultural communities in Australia, the MindCare program – Josefine Antoniades
• The Path to Prevention: Translating Dementia Research into Everyday Practice – Amit Dias
• Prevalence of Dementia risk factors in Urban Indians – Sumiti Saharan
Palliative and Comfort Care in Dementia
• Setting the context for expanding palliative approach - MR Rajagopal
• Expanding palliative approach to dementia care - Smriti Rana
• Addressing complex needs in advanced Dementia- Priya Thomas
• Description of a Dementia Care Home service for nursing home resident in North Kent- Mohan Bhat
• Palliative care in the community – K M Noordeen
Digital Innovations Shaping the Future of Dementia Care
• Accessible technology for home-based dementia care management- Sridatta Chatterjee
• A Family-centered Multi-Modal Tele-Rehabilitation Intervention for Individuals with Dementia: Randomized Controlled Trial for Manastik Mobile App : Soubhik Das
• Leveraging Machine Learning for Dementia Screening in Low-Income, Low-Literacy, and Rural Settings: A Multifaceted Approach- Jagannadha Rao Basa
• Computer-based auditory training interventions for dementia: Sridar Krishnamurthy
• Dr Subba Rao from Kshemam Health Solutions Pvt Ltd
Free Papers (10)
05:00 pm - 06:30 pmKEYNOTE SESSION: Reaching the Unreached in Dementia Care in India
Converging Innovation, Policy, and Advocacy: Shaping the Future of Dementia Care for an Ageing World - Greame Prior

Conference Day 2: Saturday, 30th November 2024

Time SlotMain HallHall AHall BHall C
9:00 am - 10:00 amEnhancing Dementia Care: Support Systems and Service Models
• Integrating Dementia Care into Primary Care Settings - Kallur Suresh
• Managing Care in the Community through integrated early detection, intervention, and risk reduction – Warren Harding
• From Ageing to Dementia Care: Insights on Awareness, Community-Based Models, Residential Support, and Prevention Strategies - S Premkumar Raja
• EQUATED: EQUAlity of opportunity for TimEly dementia Diagnosis – Christine Carter
Specialized Care Needs in Dementia
• Hearing and vision rehabilitation in dementia: Additional findings from the SENSE-Cog program (Germany) - Iracema Leroi
• Investigating the relationship between tinnitus and cognitive decline (TRING) - Anusha Mohan
• Role of physiotherapy in dementia care – T Aarthy
• Speech and language in dementia -Anusha Ayyar
Dementia Care Standards: Regulations, Challenges and Recommendations (Panel)
• Sridhar Vaitheswaran
• Neha Sinha
• Pavithra Gangadharan
• Jwala Narayan
• Kiran S
Ideation Pitch Deck 
(Hackathon)

10:00 am - 11:00 amDementia – Managing Medical Co-morbidities, A Game Changer
• Acute Medical Complications in Dementia: Maria Archana
• Managing and optimizing chronic long-term conditions: Chaitra KR
• Moral ethical issues, prevention, and vaccination: Shobha Naidu
Bringing Dementia Care Closer to Communities
• Demclinic - Murali Krishna
• Telemedicine in Residential Care - Srikala Bharath
• Tele-Manas - Sheeba
Caring for the Carers (Workshop)
• Vyjayanthi Venkataramu
• Ali Khwaja
Harnessing Indian Philanthropy for Dementia Care
• B Ashok
• Swami Swaminathan
• Rajesh Krishnan
11:00 am - 12:30 pmBridging the Journey: From Diagnosis to Care
• Diagnosis of early onset dementias in the Indian setting- Ratnavalli E
• Biomarkers & Prevention of Dementia –Nagaendran Kandiah,
• Retinal Imaging for Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia –Vincent Mok,
• Non-Pharmacological Approaches to Dementia Care- What Research is Teaching Us! - Linda Lam
• Integrative Healthcare for Dementia: Bridging Modern Science with Ancient Wisdom - ES Krishnamoorthy
Dementia hOme care: Understanding and Meeting training and SUpport needs (DOMUS): (Workshop)
• The Indian perspective on home care Jayashree Dasgupta
• The English perspective - Charlotte Kenten/ Harriet Demnitz-King/ Jessica Budgett)
• The NIDUS programme and DeNPRU-QM - Jessica Budgett
• The Australian perspective (Bianca Brijnath)
• Introducing the DOMUS Core Outcome set activity (Claudia Cooper/ Jessica Budgett
• Group activity
• Workshop wrap-up and next steps (Claudia Cooper / Jayashree Dasgupta)
Longitudinal Studies and Research
• Promoting Research on Brain Ageing and Dementia in Low and Middle Income Countries – P T Sivakumar
• Identifying dementia risk factors in rural aging Indians: The CBR-SANSCOG study: Jonas S. Sundarakumar
• Tata Longitudinal Study on Ageing – Abhishek Mensegere
Interactive session with caregivers
• Swapna Kishore
12:30 - 01:30 pmSupport Systems for Dementia
• Early intervention and support at community level – KaBHI- Suvarana Alladi
• Designing Dementia Day Care Centers for Maximum Therapeutic Impact – Soumya Hegde
• Therapeutic Living Spaces: Integrating Design for Enhanced Dementia Care –Reema Nadig
• Holistic Dementia Care at the Institution – Sailesh Mishra
Addressing Ethical and Legal Dilemmas
• Advanced care planning – Hillary Lum & Roop Gurusahani
• Legal and Financial Issues for Dementia Patients –Sushma Chawla
• Protecting the Future: Key Legal Steps for Families of Individuals with Dementia - Jayaprakash
Integrative medicine & Alternative approaches to dementia care
• Yantra – Dr Kishore Kumar Ramakrishna, NIMHANS
• Zankhana-Apollo Ayurvaid
• Personalised Brain Stimulation for Dementia Patient (tDCS) - Sagarika Bhattacharjee
• Role of TMS in dementia – Adesh Kumar Agarwal
Poster Presentations
01:30 pm - 02:15 pmLunch and Networking
02:15 pm - 03:30 pmLessons from Around the World
• Global burden of dementia and its impact on health care/Evolving Role of geriatric psychiatrists- Renuka Prasad
• Building Bridges: A Pan-African Approach to Dementia Care and Advocacy - Femada Shamam
• From Stigma to Support: Changing the Narrative on Dementia Care in Panama: Key Findings from World Alzheimer Report 2024 - Ingrid Wellington
• Dementia in the Commonwealth - Andrew Larpent
• Improving the Quality of Memory clinics: Impact of the National Accreditation Programme in UK – Mohan Bhat
Management of Dementia
• BPSD-Assessment and Management - Kallur Suresh
• Recent advances in pharmacological interventions –Faheem
Non-pharmacological interventions
• Addressing Loneliness and Dementia: Neha Sinha
• Preserving Independence: Neuropsychological Intervention in Early Dementia Care-Jwala Narayan
Palliative and Comfort Care in Dementia
• Care delivery in advanced dementia-challenges and opportunities - Priya Raghavan
• Palliative Care in Dementia- NS Raju & Sravani
• Enhancing Public Understanding of Palliative and End of Life Dementia Care through a Photography, Comic Art, and Poetry Exhibition - Charlote Kenten
Experiential Session
• Dance Movement Therapy – Preeti Rajagopalan
• Music therapy strategies for Dementia- Purvaa Sampath
• Risk prevention in Dementia: A dual approach of Physical activity and Cognitive training to strengthen Body and Brain - Nischitha R Rao
03:30 pm - 05:00 pmTraining Brain Health Leaders for the Future
• Iracema Leroi & GBHI team
Digital Media: Possibilities and Pitfalls
• e-Diva in the Asia Pacific: Tuan Nguyen
• Draw Care Australia: Bianca Brijnath
• i-Support India: Mathew Varghese
• NIDUS-UK: Claudia Cooper
Dementia Care Advocacy & Policy: A Call to Action
• National Law School
• National Dementia Strategy - ARDSI - Renu Vohra
• Karnataka Brain Health Initiative
• Legal – Delhi
• Dementia-Friendly Communities - CT Sudhir Kumar
• Keerti Bhusan Pradhan- Reaching to Unreached-Learning from Eyecare sector
03:30 pm - 05:00 pmValedictory Session

DemCon 2024

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