Thursday, 4 October 2012 / Donnerstag, den 4. Oktober 2012

09.00-12.00 (Europa 1): Alzheimer Europe Board Meeting

09.00-12.00 (Europa 5): Interdem Meeting

14.00-17.00 (Europa 1): Alzheimer Europe Annual General Meeting

14.00-17.00 (Europa 5): Interdem Meeting

19.00-20.30: Welcome reception / Willkommensempfang

Friday, 5 October 2012 / Freitag, den 5. Oktober 2012

08.30-09.00 (Europa 4) Opening Ceremony / Eröffnungszeremonie

Welcome by / Begrüßung durch:

• Antonia Croy, Chairperson of Alzheimer Austria / Vorsitzende von Alzheimer Austria
• Heike von Lützau-Hohlbein, Chairperson, Alzheimer Europe / Vorsitzende von Alzheimer Europe
• Rudolf Hundstorfer, Federal Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection / Bundesminister für Arbeit, Soziales und Konsumentenschutz

09.00-10.00 (Europa 4) Plenary Session PL1: Changing policy: National strategies and European collaboration on dementia / Veränderungen in der Politik – Nationale Demenzstrategien und europäische Zusammenarbeit - click here for abstracts

Moderator: Andreas Winkler

Round-table discussion with the participation of / Podiumsdiskussion mit:

• Alistair Burns (United Kingdom / Vereinigtes Königreich)
• Enda Connolly (Ireland / Irland)
• Teresa di Fiandra (Italy / Italien)
• Michael Hübel (European Commission / Europäische Kommission)

10.00-10.30 Coffee break and poster exhibition (PO1-PO17) - click here for abstracts

10.30-12.00 (Europa 4) Plenary Session PL2: Changing practice – Medical and clinical aspects / Veränderungen in der Praxis im medizinischem und klinischem Bereich - click here for abstracts

Chairperson / Vorsitz: Charles Scerri (Malta)

• PL2.1. Bruno Dubois (France / Frankreich):Changing the criteria for the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease / Veränderung der Kriterien für die Diagnose von Alzheimer
• PL2.2. Eric B. Larson (USA):Prospects for prevention of dementia in our increasingly ageing society – Good news on the horizon? / Möglichkeiten der Prävention von Demenz in unserer alternden Gesellschaft – Ein positiver Blick in die Zukunft?
• PL2.3. Achim Schneeberger (Austria / Österreich):Treating people with Alzheimer’s disease – An overview of the latest research / Behandlung von Menschen mit Alzheimer – Ein Überblick über die neuesten Forschungsergebnisse
• PL2.4. Giovanni Frisoni (Italy / Italien):Imaging for diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease – New insights from EU-funded and international research / Bildgebung in der Diagnose der Alzheimerkrankheit – Neue Erkenntnisse aus der europäischen und internationalen Forschung

12.00-13.00 Lunch

13.00-14.00 (Europa 1) Special Symposium SS1: An invitation to communicate differently on dementia - “I’m still the same person” - click here for abstracts

This symposium is sponsored by the Network of European Foundations

13.00-14.00 (Europa 2) Workshop WS1: Agnes & Nancy – A short film about two friendly campaigners - click here for abstracts

Ruth Bartlett (United Kingdom)

14.00-15.30 (Europa 1) Parallel Session P1: Diagnosis - click here for abstracts

Chairperson:Iva Holmerová (Czech Republic)

• P1.1. Elisabeth L. Zeilinger (Austria):Instruments for the early detection of dementia in persons with intellectual developmental disorder
• P1.2. Gary Mitchell (United Kingdom):The person with dementia: The personal impact of diagnosis disclosure
• P1.3. Ian Sherriff (United Kingdom):Early diagnosis of dementia in Plymouth, England: The general practitioner’s and carer’s experience
• P1.4. Dawn Brooker (United Kingdom):ALCOVE: Sharing knowledge to enlighten healthcare policies in Europe for people living with dementia and their carers. -Emerging findings from work package 5: Improving access to early diagnosis of dementia
• P1.5. Els Derksen (Netherlands):Diagnostic Disclosure: evaluation of a communication model in dementia care
• P1.6. Charles Scerri (Malta):Dementia: Diagnosis, disclosure and prescribing practices among primary care physicians in Malta

14.00-15.30 (Europa 2) Parallel Session P2: Psychosocial interventions - click here for abstracts

Chairperson: Sigrid Boschert (Austria)

• P2.1. Carola Döpp (Netherlands):Implementation in clinical practice of an intervention effective in the research setting: a randomized controlled trail
• P2.2. Delphine J. Herrmann (USA):Improving meal times for people with dementia
• P2.3. Maarten Milders (United Kingdom):Cognitive stimulation by caregivers for people with dementia
• P2.4. Eamon O’Shea (Ireland):Effectiveness of reminiscence on the quality of life of residents with dementia in long-stay units: a cluster randomised trial
• P.2.5. Rahib Chattat (Italy):Cognitive stimulation and maintenance: availability in dementia care
• P2.6. Silje Høgaas (Norway):Movement from the heart

14.00-15.30 (Europa 3) Parallel Session P3: Assistive technologies I - click here for abstracts

Chairperson: Cees Hertogh (Netherlands)

• P3.1. Marianna Tsatali (Greece):Does cognitive training with the use of a virtual museum improve neuropsychological performance in aMCI?
• P3.2. Alain Pesce (Monaco):Kodro: a new application for seniors
• P3.3. Franka Meiland (Netherlands):User evaluation of the ROSETTA assistive technology system for people with dementia
• P3.4. Areti Efthymiou (Greece):Paid careworkers in Greece: A self study e-learning tool for the social homecare sector in Greece and Bulgaria
• P3.5. Anthea Innes (United Kingdom):Telehealth for the diagnosis, assessment and management of dementia in remote Scottish communities
• P3.6. Juliette Sablier (France):Tracking or talking? What do people with Alzheimer disease and their caregivers expect from assistive technologies? Example of a GPS-based tracking system

14.00-15.30 (Europa 4) Parallel Session P4: National dementia strategies / Nationale Demenzstrategien - click here for abstracts

Chairperson / Vorsitz:Sabine Jansen (Germany / Deutschland)

• P4.1. Matthew P. Janicki (USA):National planning for dementia-related community care for adults with intellectual disabilities / Nationale Planung von demenzspezifischer Pflege für Erwachsene mit geistiger Behinderung
• P4.2. Sabine Höfler (Austria / Österreich):Integrated dementia care in Austria / Integrierte Pflege für Demenzbetroffene in Österreich
• P4.3. Marc Wortmann (United Kingdom / Vereinigtes Königreich) and Jacob Roy (India / Indien):WHO makes dementia a public health priority / Weltgesundheitsorganisation: Demenz hat gesundheitspolitische Priorität
• P4.4. Marie-Odile Desana (France / Frankreich):Lobbying campaign of France Alzheimer during the French presidential election/Lobbying-Kampagne für Alzheimer während der französischen Präsidentschaftswahl
• P4.5. Henry Simmons (United Kingdom / Vereinigtes Königreich):Scotland’s National Dementia Strategy – Charting progress 2 years on / Schottlands Demenzstrategie –Ein Bericht über den Fortschritt der vergangenen zwei Jahre
• P4.6. Jenny La Fontaine (United Kingdom / Vereinigtes Königreich):What is a Dementia Adviser and what do they do? – An exploration of the work of Dementia Advisers and their experiences in delivering their role / Was ist ein Demenz-Berater und welche Aufgaben hat er? Eine Erkundung der Tätigkeiten und Erfahrungen als Demenz-Berater

14.00-15.30 (Europa 5) Parallel Session P5: Legal and ethical issues in dementia - click here for abstracts

Chairperson: Maria do Rosário Zincke dos Reis (Portugal)

• P5.1. Kritika Samsi (United Kingdom):How do carers decide for their relatives with dementia?
• P5.2. Ariadne Van den Broeck (Belgium):License to steal? Preventing abuse of powers of attorney
• P5.3. Jane Youell (United Kingdom):Ethical considerations and challenges when working with people with dementia and their carers
• P5.4. Jakov Gather (Germany):Ethical aspects of physician-assisted suicide in Alzheimer’s patients

14.00-15.30 (Europa 6) Parallel Session P6: Diagnose und Behandlungspfade bei Demenz - click here for abstracts

Vorsitz: Andreas Winkler (Österreich)

• P6.1. Josef Marksteiner (Österreich):Diagnostische Abklärung bei Demenzverdacht
• P6.2. Alexander Kurz (Deutschland):Aktuelle Behandlungsprinzipien der Alzheimerdemenz
• P6.3. Achim Schneeberger (Österreich):Impfung und Immunmodulation - von der Forschung in die klinische Anwendung

15.30-16.00 Coffee break and poster exhibition PO1-PO17 - click here for abstracts

16.00-17.30 (Europa 1) Parallel Session P7: Prevention and treatment of dementia - click here for abstracts

Chairperson: Charles Scerri (Malta)

• P7.1. Alexander Kurz (Germany):Prevention of Alzheimer’s dementia: Strategies and current evidence
• P7.2. Michelle Kelly (Ireland):Lifestyle interventions to protect against dementia: Practical recommendations based on empirical evidence
• P7.3. Joanna Ish-Horowicz (United Kingdom):Antipsychotic prescribing for dementia in a care home setting
• P7.4. Christine von Arnim (Netherlands):The effect of the medical food Souvenaid on memory performance and synaptic activity in patients with mild Alzheimer’s Disease

16.00-17.30 (Europa 2) Parallel Session P8: Psychosocial interventions II - click here for abstracts

Chairperson: Sigrid Boschert (Austria)

• P8.1. Paraskevi Sakka (Greece):SOCIABLE pilot study
• P8.2. John T. McFadden (USA):The Spiritual Care of the Deeply Forgetful: Redefining Chaplaincy for the New Culture of Memory Care
• P8.3. Gerdine Douma (Netherlands):Mirror neurons and physical rehabilitation in dementia
• P8.4. Ian Weatherhead (United Kingdom):Admiral Nursing DIRECT Plus: Developing a telephone based psychosocial intervention casework model for family carers
• P8.5. Anouk Spijker (Netherlands):Adherence to a psychosocial intervention protocol: the hassles of ever-changing practice in community mental health services

16.00-17.30 (Europa 3) Parallel Session P9: Assistive technologies II - click here for abstracts

Chairperson: Dianne Gove (Luxembourg)

• P9.1. José Manuel. Martínez-García (Spain):Artificial neural network based system to assist the diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment. Towards a cognitive screening system
• P9.2. Inger Hagen (Norway):Assistive technologies in dementia care:  Opportunities and barriers
• P9.3. Panagiota Zοi (Greece):A lifelong learning programme: “We are family! - Mobile communications of seniors among generations”
• P9.4. Luiza Spiru (Romania):Smart assistive technology for improving seniors’ indoor and outdoor mobility. The MobileSage project
• P9.5. Peter J.S. Ashley (United Kingdom):Developing Technology in the support of people with dementia, their carers and professionals

16.00-17.30 (Europa 4) Parallel Session P10: Art and dementia / Kunst und Demenz - click here for abstracts

Chairperson: Sabine Jansen (Germany / Deutschland)

• P10.1. Luisa Bartorelli and Silvia Ragni (Italy / Italien):Art – Here and Now: An art-therapy project in an Alzheimer day centre / Kunst – Hier und Jetzt: Ein Kunst-Therapie-Projekt mit Alzheimer-PatientInnen
• P10.2. Claire Garabedian (United Kingdom / Vereinigtes Königreich):‘I’d rather have music’ – The impact of music for people with dementia approaching the end of life, and their carers / "Ich höre lieber Musik" – Auswirkungen von Musik auf Menschen mit Demenz und ihre Betreuer in der Palliativversorgung
• P10.3. Lenore de la Perrelle (Australia / Australien):The Arts as a vehicle for social citizenship for people with dementia / Die Kunst als Mittel für gesellschaftliches Recht für Menschen mit Demenz
• P10.4. Virginia Lewis (Australia / Australien):Music maestro – The impact of using personalised MP3 player content for people with dementia on family caregivers’ perceived quality of life and burden / Music Maestro – Die Auswirkungen von personalisierten MP3-Playern für Menschen mit Demenz auf die Lebensqualität und Belastung, die von pflegenden Angehörige wahrgenommen werden
• P10.5. Michelle Burns (USA):The Holding Time Bowl Initiative – Translating an expressive arts programme to overcome negative misperceptions / The Holding Time Bowl Initiative – Ausdrucksvolles Kunst Programm zur Bewältigung von negativen Fehlwahrnehmungen

16.00-17.30 (Europa 5) Parallel Session P11: Socio-economic cost of dementia - click here for abstracts

Chairperson: Andreas Walter (Austria)

• P11.1. Bérengère Davin (France):Because they’re worth it! Cost of informal care provided to people with dementia
• P11.2. Chloé Gervès (France):Economic analysis of the intangible impacts of informal care for people with Alzheimer’s disease and other mental disorders
• P11.3. Sheelah Connolly (Ireland):Estimating the economic and social costs of dementia in Ireland
• P11.4. Manuel Ruiz-Adame Reina (Spain):Knowing profiles and indicators of cost of AD in the south of Spain
• P11.5. Heinz Katschnig (Austria): Dementia and pathways of health service utilisation in Austria: A record linkage study in a country with a fragmented provider payment system

16.00-17.30 (Europa 6) Parallel Session P12: Angehörige im Fokus - click here for abstracts

Vorsitz: Antonia Croy (Österreich)

• P12.1. Stefanie Auer (Österreich): Demenzservicestellen der MAS
• P12.2. Sabine Henry (Belgien): Demenzfreundliche Gemeinden – Das belgische Modell
• P12.3. Birgitta Martensson (Schweiz): Angehörige in verschiedenen Rollen
• P12.4. Bettina Hofmann (Österreich): Pilotprojekt Wohngemeinschaft Dragonerstraße - ein neues Wohnkonzept in der stationären Betreuung von Menschen mit Demenz in Österreich

17.30-18.30 (Europa 1) Special Symposium SS2: Introducing a new nutritional approach in early Alzheimer’s disease - click here for abstracts

This symposium is sponsored by Nutricia. The information presented in this scientific symposium is intended for healthcare professionals.

17.30-18.30 (Europa 2) Workshop WS2: ALCOVE: Sharing knowledge to enlighten healthcare policies in Europe for people living with dementia and their carers - click here for abstracts

Dawn Brooker (United Kingdom)

17.30-18.30 (Europa 6) Workshop WS3: Lebensfreude durch Bewegung und Spaß erhalten - click here for abstracts

Kathrin Dietrich (Deutschland)

Saturday, 6 October 2012 / Samstag, den 6. Oktober 2012

08.30-10.00 (Europa 1) Parallel Session P13: Caregiver burden and BPSD - click here for abstracts

Chairperson: Paraskevi Sakka (Greece)

• P13.1. Annalisa Bonora (Italy): Caregivers burden, BPSD symptoms and respite care
• P13.2. Eva Dierckx (Belgium): Are depressive symptoms in Mild Cognitive Impairment patients predictive for conversion to dementia?
• P13.3. Yu Shan Chien (Taiwan): The effect of territorial offenses on agitation in patients of dementia
• P13.4. Livia Pfeifer (Switzerland): Impact of caregiver burden and depression on rating discrepancy across domains in Mild cognitive Impairment and early-stage Alzheimer’s disease
• P13.5. Jacqueline Parkes (United Kingdom): The effects of behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia: developing supportive care strategies for both the sufferer and their carers

08.30-10.00 (Europa 2) Parallel Session P14: End-of-life care - click here for abstracts

Chairperson: Katharina Heimerl (Austria)

• P14.1. Gráinne McGettrick (Ireland): Building consensus for dementia palliative care
• P14.2. Mary Cosgrave (Ireland): Comparing end-of-life care in dementia and severe mental illness in the elderly
• P14.3. Nienke Boogaard (Netherlands): Feedback on end-of-life care in dementia: the Follow up project
• P14.4. Yvonne Engels (Netherlands): Quality indicators for the organisation of palliative dementia care: the FP7 IMPACT project
• P14.5. Elisabeth K. Wappelshammer (Austria): Old People and Culture of Care
• P14.6. Myrra Vernooij-Dassen (Netherlands): The organisation of palliative care in Europe: building bridges between cancer and dementia palliative care

08.30-10.00 (Europa 3) Parallel Session P15: Involving people with dementia I - click here for abstracts

Chairperson: Maurice O’Connell (Ireland)

• P15.1. Andrea Capstick (United Kingdom): Bay Tree Voices: Inclusive practice in the involvement of people with dementia in practitioner education
• P15.2. Eleanor Edmond (Ireland): “Doing whatever it takes”: exploring practical approaches to involving people with dementia in decision-making
• P15.3. Renate Stemmer (Germany): Maintaining everyday practical and cognitive competencies in people with dementia in a home setting
• P15.4. Isabelle Donnio (France): Bistrot Mémoire: a living experience
• P15.5. Angela Clayton-Turner (United Kingdom): Lay Involvement in Research – a personal perspective

08.30-10.00 (Europa 4) Parallel Session P16: Perceptions of dementia / Wahrnehmung der Demenz - click here for abstracts

Chairperson / Vorsitz: Michael Rainer (Austria / Österreich)

• P16.1. Susan H. McFadden (USA): Can there be meaning in dementia? Some lessons from Viktor Frankl / Die Bedeutung von Demenz anhand von Viktor Frankl
• P16.2. Pierre Arwidson (France / Frankreich): Perspectives on Alzheimer’s disease among the general public, family and professional caregivers in France / Die Alzheimer Krankheit aus Sicht der Öffentlichkeit, der Familie und des Pflegepersonals in Frankreich
• P16.3. Anne Margriet Pot (Netherlands / Niederlande): Evaluation of ‘The Alzheimer Experience’, an online interactive media production to experience dementia /„Das Alzheimer Experiment“– Interaktiv und online Demenz erleben
• P16.4. Nienke van Wezel (Netherlands / Niederland): Experiences, knowledge and attitudes about dementia of informal caregivers within the Turkish, Moroccan and Surinamese communities / Erfahrungen, Kenntnisse und Standpunkte zum Thema Demenz von Pflegenden innerhalb der türkischen, marokkanischen und surinamischen Gesellschaft
• P16.5. Suzanne Cahill (Ireland / Irland): What do we know about understandings and attitudes to dementia? / Verständnis und Einstellungen zum Thema Demenz
• P16.6. Perla Werner (Israel): Lay persons' beliefs and knowledge about Alzheimer's disease – Are there gender differences? / Vorstellungen und Wissen der Laien über die Alzheimer Krankheit – Gibt es geschlechtsspezifische Unterschiede?

08.30-10.00 (Europa 5) Parallel Session P17: Carer support - click here for abstracts

Chairperson: Rabih Chattat (Italy)

• P17.1. Siobhan Healy McGowan (Ireland): Caring for a spouse/relative with dementia at home: male caregivers’ experiences
• P17.2. Tanja Kalytta (Germany): The impact of a short-term telephone based psychological intervention on encouraging family caregivers to identify their needs for support
• P17.3. Jo Alexjuk (United Kingdom): Intellectual Disability and Dementia: changing knowledge to change practice
• P17.4. Rose Marie Dröes (Netherlands): The dementia experience intervention: a virtual reality experience of dementia
• P17.5. Gemma Kam Chu Wong (HongKong): Empowering the experienced caregivers to act as mentors to the caregivers with newly acquired caregiving role – A preliminary study
• P17.6. Michael Bauer (Australia): Measuring constructive family/staff relationships to improve care for people with dementia

08.30-10.00 (Europa 6) Parallel Session P18: Alte Probleme/neue Perspektiven - click here for abstracts

Vorsitz: Katharina Pils (Österreich)

• P18.1. Christian Jagsch (Österreich): Psychotherapie im Alter und bei Demenz – Was macht Sinn?
• P18.2. Doris Bach (Österreich): Intimität und Tabu – Sexualität trotz Demenz
• P18.3. Gunvor Sramek (Österreich): Validation

10.00-10.30 Coffee break and poster exhibition (PO18-PO34) - click here for abstracts

10.30-12.00 (Europa 1) Parallel Session P19: Long-term care - click here for abstracts

Chairperson: Alicja Sadowska (Poland)

• P19.1. Helen McFarlane (United Kingdom): An evaluation of the Dementia Quality Mark for residential care in the South West of England
• P19.2. Iva Holmerová (Czech Republic): Dementia as a priority problem of long-term care
• P19.3. Hana Vaňková (Czech Republic): Pain: important problem in long-term care of persons with dementia
• P19.4. Dana Hradcová (Czech Republic): Dining in long-term care for persons with dementia

10.30-12.00 (Europa 2) Parallel Session P20: Dementia-friendly communities - click here for abstracts

Chairperson: Monika Geck (Austria)

• P20.1. Catherine Hennessy (United Kingdom): Dementia friendly urban and rural communities in South West England
• P20.2. Marilyn Cash (United Kingdom): What people with dementia see as ‘Dementia Friendly Tourism’
• P20.3. June Andrews (United Kingdom): Dementia friendly design in acute general hospitals as an element of dementia-friendly communities
• P20.4. Irene Monsonís Payá and Philippe Duval (Spain): Increasing Alzheimer’s disease friendly communities through the promotion of specialised training for carers and professionals
• P20.5. Petra Plunger (Austria): Caring for people living with dementia in community pharmacies

10.30-12.00 (Europa 3) Parallel Session P21: Involving people with dementia II - click here for abstracts

Chairperson: Peter Ashley (United Kingdom)

• P21.1. Nancy McAdam and Agnes Houston on behalf of the Scottish Dementia Working Group (United Kingdom): Involving people with dementia – Living in Darkness
• P21.2. Maria S. Parsons (United Kingdom): Older people with dementia making connections with younger people: the Lost in Time and Space project
• P21.3. Sabine Henry (Belgium): “The Fighters, a place where disoriented people can share at their own path”
• P21.4. Judith Mollard (France): Actions offered to help young people with dementia
• P21.5. István Kappéter (Hungary): Three-times Stigmatisation

10.30-12.00 (Europa 4) Parallel Session P22: Quality of life / Lebensqualität- click here for abstracts - click here for abstracts

Chairperson / Vorsitz: Monika Natlacen (Austria / Österreich)

• P22.1. Marion Villez (France / Frankreich): Younger people with dementia – Issues and new challenges / Jüngere Menschen mit Demenz – Probleme und neue Herausforderungen
• P22.2. Renate Stemmer (Germany / Deutschland): The ‘nursing oasis’ – An approach to improve the quality of life of people with advanced dementia? / Die „Pflege-Oase“ – ein Ansatz zur Verbesserung der Lebensqualität von Menschen mit fortgeschrittener Demenz 
• P22.3. Karin Wolf-Ostermann (Germany / Deutschland): Quality of care and support in shared-housing arrangements for care-dependent persons with dementia – Is there a relationship with quality of life? / Stehen die Qualität der Betreuung und die Unterstützung von pflegebedürftigen Menschen mit Demenz in Wohngemeinschaften in Zusammenhang mit deren Lebensqualität?
• P22.4. Ana Margarida Cavaleiro (Portugal): Quality of life, coping strategies and self-efficacy in Alzheimer’s disease caregivers / Lebensqualität, Bewältigungsstrategien und Selbstvertrauen des Pflegepersonals von Alzheimer-PatientInnen
• P22.5. Anita Ellefsen (Norway / Norwegen): Green Day Care as a model for day care offered to people with dementia / „Green Day Care“ – Ein Modell zur Tagesbetreuung für Menschen mit Demenz
• P22.6. Katharina Heimerl (Austria/ Österreich): Women and men with dementia – Recommendations for action / Handlungsempfehlungen für Frauen und Männer mit Demenz

10.30-12.00 (Europa 5) Parallel Session P23: Care services - click here for abstracts

Chairperson: Marie-Jo Guisset (France)

• P23.1. Laëtitia Ngatcha-Ribert (France): Occupational therapists, speech therapists, psychomotor therapists and psychologists: which place in dementia care in France?
• P23.2. Christiane Pinkert (Germany): Dementia care in acute hospitals in Germany
• P23.3. Katrin Krah and Dirk Bahnen (Germany): Dementia Network Krefeld Patient centred Care with Constancy and Stability
• P23.4. Yvonne Stewart (United Kingdom): How Self Directed Support (SDS) can help people with dementia to remain living in their own homes
• P23.5. Clare Cutler (United Kingdom): Developing International rural dementia care service excellence
• P23.6. Penny Hibberd and Karen Harrison-Dening (United Kingdom): Evolving Nurse Practice – a family-centred approach to specialist dementia care nursing

10.30-12.00 (Europa 6) Parallel Session P24: Neue Betreuungsformen - click here for abstracts

Vorsitz: Georg Psota (Österreich)

• P24.1. Michael Rainer (Österreich): BPSD – Herausforderndes Verhalten und Behandlungsmöglichkeiten
• P24.2. Margit Kitzler (Österreich): Neue Wohnformen im Alter (Demenz) - Wohnen und Leben in Hausgemeinschaften
• P24.3. Denis Mancini (Luxemburg): Das Konzept und die Philosophie der Luxemburger Alzheimer Vereinigung
• P24.4. Georg Psota (Österreich): Ambulante Konzepte

12.00-13.00 Lunch

13.00-14.00 (Europa 1) Special Symposium SS3: The value of innovation in the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease - click here for abstracts

This symposium is sponsored by GE Healthcare

13.00-14.00 (Europa 2) Special Symposium SS4: Incontinence Care in Dementia - click here for abstracts

Moderator:Josefine Grandin (Sweden)

• SS5. Paul van Houten (Netherlands):New incontinence in vulnerable elderly people – Ensuring it is noticed quickly and a methodical analysis is carried out

This symposium is sponsored by SCA Hygiene Products.

14.00-15.30 (Europa 4): Plenary session PL3: Changing practice – Social and care aspects / Ver!nderungen in der Praxis im Sozial- und Pflegebereich - click here for abstracts

Chairperson / Vorsitz: Stefanie Auer (Austria / Österreich)

• PL3.1. Kerstin Zimmermann (Austria / Österreich): The Ambient Assisted Living Joint Programme and its focus on the mobility and independence of people with dementia / Das „Ambient Assisted Living Programme“ – Fokus auf die Mobilität und Unabhängigkeit von Menschen mit Demenz
• PL3.2. Armelle Leperre-Desplanques (France / Frankreich): ALCOVE – The European Joint Action on dementia to exchange good practices / ALCOVE – Europäischer Austausch von Best-Practice-Beispielen
• PL3.3. Bob Woods (United Kingdom / Vereinigtes Königreich): European collaboration on psychosocial research – The example of the Interdem network / Europäische Zusammenarbeit auf dem Gebiet der psycho-sozialen Forschung am Beispiel von „Interdem Network“
• PL3.4. Marilène Filbet (France / Frankreich): Palliative care for older people with dementia / Palliativmedizin bei Menschen mit Demenz

15.30-16.00 Coffee break and poster exhibition (PO18-PO34) - click here for abstracts

16.00-17.30 (Europa 4): Plenary session PL4: Changing perceptions / Veränderungen der Sichtweise - click here for abstracts

Chairperson / Vorsitz: Myrra Vernooij-Dassen (Netherlands / Niederlande)

• PL4.1. Helga Rohra (Germany / Deutschland): Nothing about us without us – Promoting the involvement of people with dementia /„Nichts über uns – ohne uns“ – Förderung der  Einbindung von Menschen mit Demenz
• PL4.2. Cees Hertogh (Netherlands / Niederlande): Technology and dementia – What are the ethical implications? / Technologie und Demenz – Was sind die ethischen Auswirkungen?
• PL4.3. Dianne Gove (Luxembourg / Luxemburg): The European Dementia Ethics Network – Overview of statements on dementia research
• PL4.4. Helga Müller-Ebner (Austria / Österreich): Guardianship, patient advocacy and residential advocacy in the Austrian healthcare system /Sachwalterschaft, Patientenanwaltschaft und Bewohnervertretung im österreichischen Gesundheitssystem

17.30-18.00 (Europa 4) Closing Ceremony / Abschlusszeremonie

Presentation and invitation to 23^rd Alzheimer Europe Conference in Valletta, Malta / Präsentation und Einladung zur 23. Alzheimer Europe Konferenz in Valletta, Malta

Closing comments and farewell by / Schlusswort und Verabschiedung von:

• Antonia Croy, Chairperson, Alzheimer Austria / Vorsitzende von Alzheimer Austria
• Heike von Lützau-Hohlbein, Chairperson, Alzheimer Europe / Vorsitzende von Alzheimer Europe