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From Knowledge to Practice
The two From Knowledge to Practice forums provided an opportunity to meet with like-minded people, to share your leadership and our common commitment to people whose lives are impacted by dementia.
- Improving Dementia Care and Services in B.C. (September 2008)
- Maintaining the Momentum (March 2009)
Improving Dementia Care and Services in B.C.
September 2008
Videos:
** Please note that the personal comments of speakers reflected in these videos may or may not reflect the opinions of the Alzheimer Society of B.C.
Introduction - Alzheimer Society of B.C. Learning Forum
Introductory comments of “From Knowledge to Practice: Improving Dementia Care and Services in B.C.”, a two-day learning forum - hosted by the Alzheimer Society of B.C. - that brought dementia-care experts and decision makers together.
Peter Levesque - Alzheimer Society of B.C. Learning Forum
"Are you ready for action? An introduction to Knowledge Mobilization" Peter Levesque, keynote speaker of “From Knowledge to Practice”, speaks about the concept of Knowledge Mobilization. This session presented a way to think about work and workplaces in a manner that helps to generate better linkages and exchange - ultimately, more value from significant investments of time, energy and dollars.
Dr. Elisabeth Drance - Alzheimer Society of B.C. Learning Forum
“Hearing the Voice of People Living with Dementia” was a panel discussion that, through the personal stories of panel members, presented the importance of listening to people living with dementia and supporting meaningful engagement in providing care, planning programs, and in policy development. Dr. Elisabeth Drance introduced and facilitated the session.
Fireside Chat - Alzheimer Society of B.C. Learning Forum
This video features (in order of appearance): Norma Selbie, Elaine Wright, Yolanda Bouwman and Lynn Jackson. Norma, Elaine and Lynn are all living with a diagnosis of dementia, while Yolanda cared for her father. This session was facilitated by Dr. Elisabeth Drance.
Geri Hinton - Alzheimer Society of B.C. Learning Forum
This video features Geri Hinton, who cares for her husband who has dementia. This session was facilitated by Dr. Elisabeth Drance.
Dr. B. Lynn Beattie - Alzheimer Society of B.C. Learning Forum
Dr. B. Lynn Beattie, Honorary Chair of “From Knowledge to Practice” summarizes some of the insights about dementia and dementia care that emerged during the forum.
Presentations:
These PowerPoint presentations from the two days of the Learning Forum, September 25 and 26, 2008 are available for download in .pps format
- Day 1 – All PowerPoint Presentations – 1 file – 7 MB .pps file
- Day 1 – Introduction – 3 MB .pps file
- Day 1 – Peter Levesque – 3.3 MB .pps file
- Day 1 – Hearing the Voices of People Living with Dementia – 1.8 MB .pps file
- Day 2 – All PowerPoint Presentations – 1 file – 8 MB .pps file
- Day 2 – Peter Levesque – 1.7 MB .pps file
- Day 2 – Wrapping Up – 6.3 MB .pps file
Maintaining the Momentum to Improve Dementia Care and Services in B.C.
March 2009
[coming soon)
We've created a visual reminder of some of the key points and ideas from the first forum to consider what we can do to enable families impacted by dementia to live well with a diagnosis.
