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An international conference addressed by Baroness Joan Bakewell exploring global dimensions of dementia took place in Birmingham in October 2015 as part of the Dementia Festival of Ideas.
The conference ran at The Vox, Birmingham on November 3rd and 4th 2015 with participation across the board from those involved in supporting people with dementia and their carers, both in the UK and internationally.
It ran concurrently with the Care Show 2015, the largest health and social care exhibition in the UK.
The conference themes were:
Money
Design
Care at Home
Arts
Training and Education
Law and Ethics
Research
Care Homes
Innovation
Learning from Other Countries
Inspection and regulation
Families, Faith and Communities
Highlights of the conference can be seen here.
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