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Tuesday, June 4 • 4:20pm - 5:20pm
Dementia in Aged Care

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1. 'A Dementia Model of Care for Residential Aged Care - Co-design and Model Development'
Presented by: Darshini Ayton

2. 'Deploying robots to provide interactive activities for people living with dementia in aged care facilities'
Presented by: Dongjun Wu

3. 'Understanding the Barriers and Facilitators to Small-Scale Dementia Care - A Scoping Review'
Presented by: Robyn Lewis

4. 'What behaviours, and what strategies? An exploration of behaviour support plans in residential aged care'
Presented by: Dr Jacqueline Wesson
Chair
avatar for Professor Henry Brodaty AO
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Speakers
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Darshini Ayton

Associate Professor Darshini Ayton is the Deputy Head of the Health and Social Care Unit at the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine and a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) emerging leader fellow (2021-2025). Darsh is leading the Health and Social Care... Read More →
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Dongjun Wu

Dongjun (Don) is a PhD candidate from Griffith University with expertise in mechatronics and robotics and an interest in dementia care. He has been dedicated to robot research and development for over six years. He is keen on implementing robotics, such as robot vision and human-robot... Read More →
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Robyn Lewis

Robyn Lewis is a full time PhD candidate in the Faculty of Health at the University of Canberra. Robyn’s research centers on new models of dementia care and support, specifically small-scale residential dementia care. She is hoping that her research findings will contribute to making... Read More →
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Dr Jacqueline Wesson

Jacki is an occupational therapist, with expertise in functional cognition, performance-based IADL assessment in mild cognitive impairment and dementia, and non-pharmacological behaviour support for people living with dementia across the continuum of ability. She has more than 20... Read More →

Tuesday June 4, 2024 4:20pm - 5:20pm AEST
3. Binna Burra Room
  Symposium, Dementia in Aged Care