Dementia meetup | Our main aims | Agenda | Speakers | Who should come? | Booking | Supporters | Summary Report
We would like to thank all our speakers and everyone who has offered to host table discussions and support the meet-up.
CHRIS ROBERTS @mason4233
Living with mixed dementia, Dementia Friends Champion, Alzheimers Society Ambassador, Join Dementia Research Champion, Board Member Dementia Alliance International.
w: www.mason4233.wordpress.com
Co-hosting with his wife and daughter
JAYNE & KATE ROBERTS @jaynegoodrick
JEREMY HUGHES @JeremyHughesAlz
CEO of Alzheimer’s Society UK. Campaigner for people with dementia. Believes social action can change society for better.
e: Jeremy.Hughes@alzheimers.org.uk
GEORGE ROOK @george_rook
Living well with mixed dementia. Promoting patient involvement and
co-design. Influencer for change in healthcare. Chair Shropshire Dementia Action Alliance and a Dementia Friends Champion.
e: Georgerook51@gmail.com
AGNES HOUSTON @agnes_houston
Diagnosed at 57 with Early Onset Alzheimer’s Dementia. Active member
of the Scottish Dementia Working Group. Campaigning for best practice/ improving lives of people with dementia in Scotland and abroad.
e: agneshouston@hotmail.com
PROF. BOB WOODS
Professor of Clinical Psychology of the Elderly at Bangor University. Co-Director, Dementia Services Development Centre Wales.
e: b.woods@bangor.ac.uk
KATE SWAFFER @KateSwaffer
Advocate for, and living beyond, a YOD diagnosis. Meaningful dialogue about critical issues impacting a person living with a dementia diagnosis and their loved ones.
w: www.kateswaffer.com
SUZY WEBSTER @suzysopenheart
Carer of her mother who lives with dementia, Expert by experience for CQC in England, works for Age Cymru on the My Home Life programme and proud new Trustee for @aliveactivities.
e: suzy.webster@agecymru.org.uk