| Time Slot | Hall A | Hall B |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00 am - 12:00 noon | Memory screening and Early Identification of Signs & Symptoms | Pathways to Care |
| 02:00 - 04:00 pm | Cognitive Stimulation Therapy | Needs of Persons with Dementia from vulnerable communities |
| Time Slot | Main Hall | Hall A | Hall B | Hall C |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 am - 09:30 am | Theme Symposium
Setting the Context • M P Cariappa • D P Sabharwal • Pavithra Gangadharan | |||
| 09:30 am - 10:30 am | Transforming 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 am | Expanded 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 pm | The 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 pm | Poster Presentations | |||
| 01:00 pm - 01:45 pm | Lunch and Networking | |||
| 01:45 pm - 03:15 pm | Moving 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 pm | Empowering 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 pm | KEYNOTE 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 |
| Time Slot | Main Hall | Hall A | Hall B | Hall C |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | Enhancing 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 am | Dementia – 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 pm | Bridging 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 pm | Support 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 pm | Lunch and Networking | |||
| 02:15 pm - 03:30 pm | Lessons 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 pm | Training 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 pm | Valedictory Session |