Great Minds members event 27 April 2024 - Dementia in the South Asian Community
Great Minds members event 27 April 2024 - Dementia in the South Asian Community
Our Great Minds in person event on 27th April 2024 will be taking place at the Bob Jones Community Hub, Bromley Street, Wolverhampton, WV2 3AS
With expert speakers from Oxford University, Wolverhampton University and Alzheimer’s Society support services, this event will focus on how the number of people with dementia is growing in all communities, including the Sikh community.
This event will cover more about the condition, its diagnosis and assessment and dementia risk factors for different ethnicities.
See the full agenda below and sign up to join here.
This event is free.
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Time |
Topic |
Speaker |
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From 1:30pm |
Registration, with refreshments |
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2:00pm |
Introduction |
Ivan Koychev (Great Minds lead, University of Oxford) |
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2:05pm |
Learn about dementia |
Harjinder Kaur |
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2:20pm |
Dementia awareness, diagnosis and assessment |
Karan Jutlla (Dementia lead, University of Wolverhampton) |
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2:45pm |
Dementia risk for different ethnicities and other risk factors |
Dishaa Sinha (Research Assistant, University of Oxford) |
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3:05pm |
Alzheimer’s Society support services |
Lee Allen (Alzheimer’s Society) |
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3:20pm |
Tea & Coffee break |
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3.50pm |
Recent developments in dementia research |
Ivan Koychev (Great Minds lead, University of Oxford) |
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4:15pm |
Bhagwant’s story |
Video |
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4:20pm |
Interventions to live well |
Karan Jutlla (Dementia lead, University of Wolverhampton) |
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4:40pm |
Panel Q&A |
All speakers |
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5:00pm |
Concluding remarks |
Dr Ivan Koychev |