SDDC Nursing Scientific Meeting 2022 (Virtual)

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Calling all nurses!

Join us at the inaugural SingHealth Duke-NUS Memory & Cognitive Disorder Centre (SDDC) Nursing Scientific Meeting to better understand how dementia affects patients and ways to improve their care. Challenging behaviour, communication difficulties and incontinence are some of the many dementia-related issues that will be covered during the two-day meeting.

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Programme

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Day 1 Programme - 20 January 2022, Thursday, 8am to 12.45pm

Time	Topic	Speaker
8.00am – 8.10am	Welcome address	Dr Simon Ting Head, SDDC and Head of Neurological Services and Senior Consultant, National Neuroscience Institute@CGH
8.10am – 8.20am	Symposium introduction	Adj A/Prof Lim Si Ching Organising Chairperson, SDDC Memory & Cognitive Disorder Nursing Scientific Meeting 2022 Director of Education, SDDC & Senior Consultant Department of Geriatric Medicine, Changi General Hospital
Session 1	Dementia Care In The Hospital Setting	Session Chair: Mr Sahnan Bin Rahim Nurse Clinician, Changi General Hospital
8.25am – 8.45am	Overview of the Clinical Signs and Symptoms of Dementia	Adj A/Prof Lim Si Ching Director of Education, SDDC & Senior Consultant Department of Geriatric Medicine, Changi General Hospital
8.50am – 9.10am	The "Challenging" Behaviour - Who is Being Challenged?	Ms Siti Khadijah Binte Yahya Assistant Nurse Clinician, Changi General Hospital
9.15am – 9.35am	Plan Activities for Our Patients Living with Dementia	Ms Tan Ding Qin Esther Occupational Therapist, Singapore General Hospital
9.35am – 9.50am	Live Q&A
9.50am – 10.00am	Break
Session 2	New Model of Care for Our Dementia Patients?	Session Chair: Ms Tee Yong Ming Nurse Educator, SingHealth Community Hospitals
10.05am – 10.25am	Role of Person Centred Care (PCC) in a Hospital Setting	Ms Anna Liza Pada Bantilan Nurse Clinician, Changi General Hospital
10.30am – 10.50am	Communicating with the Patient Living with Dementia	Ms Eveline Silva Principal Psychologist, National Neuroscience Institute
10.55am – 11.10am	Live Q&A
Session 3	Hospital Stay And The Patients Living With Dementia - Can We Do Better?	Session Chair: Ms Wang Hwee Yi Stella Nurse Clinician (Advanced Practice Nurse), Singapore General Hospital
11.15am – 11.35am	Can We Prevent Hospital Associated Complications for Our Patients Living with Dementia?	Ms Usanee Chotphoksap Nurse Clinician (Advanced Practice Nurse), Singapore General Hospital
11.40am – 12.00pm	Optimising Nutrition for Geriatric Patients with Dementia	Ms Er Pei Ling Joycelyn Senior Dietitian (Clinical), Singapore General Hospital
12.05pm – 12.25pm	Optimise Our Patients’ Function to Prevent Functional Decline	Ms Charmaine Lim Physiotherapist, Singapore General Hospital
12.30pm – 12.45pm	Live Q&A
End of Day 1

Day 2 Programme - 21 January 2022, Friday, 8.30am to 1.25pm

Time	Topic	Speaker
08.30am – 08.40am	Welcome Address
Session 1	Fall and Dementia - Common Association	Session Chair: Ms Chua Chiou Hann Nurse Clinician, SingHealth Community Hospitals
08.45am – 09.05am	Risk Factors for Falls Among the Patients Living with Dementia	Ms Lee Hui Min Julian Nurse Clinician (Speciality Care), Singapore General Hospital
09.10am – 09.30am	Measures to Reduce Falls in the Hospital Setting	Ms Foo Wee Ching Nurse Clinician (Speciality Care), Singapore General Hospital
09.35am – 09.55am	Osteoporosis Care for Patients with Dementia	Ms Huang Xiaofeng Senior Staff Nurse (Speciality Nursing), Singapore General Hospital
10.00am – 10.15am	Live Q&A
10.15am – 10.30am	Break
Session 2	Diapers For All?	Session Chair: Ms Daanaa Rafiqa Binte Mohamed Isa Staff Nurse, Changi General Hospital
10.35am – 10.55am	Dementia and Urinary Incontinence	Adj A/Prof Lim Si Ching Director of Education, SDDC & Senior Consultant Department of Geriatric Medicine, Changi General Hospital
11.00am – 11.20am	Management of Continence Issues in the Hospital Setting- Diapers and Catheters for All?	Ms Zhou Lin Fang Senior Nurse Manager, Changi General Hospital
11.25am – 11.45am	Managing Medication Compliance Among Our Patients Living with Dementia	Ms Nyu Mei Mei Senior Staff Nurse, National Neuroscience Institute
11.50am – 12.05pm	Live Q&A
Session 3	Taking Care Of Our Caregivers	Session Chair: Ms Gan Peiying Nurse Clinician (Advanced Practice Nurse), Sengkang General Hospital
12.10pm – 12.30pm	Supporting Caregivers of Patients Living with Dementia	Ms Li Fuyin Senior Nurse Clinician (Advanced Practice Nurse), Changi General Hospital
12.35pm – 12.55pm	Caring for Our Patients Living with Advanced Dementia	Ms Esther Vanessa Chua Nurse Clinician (Advanced Practice Nurse), National Neuroscience Institute
1.00pm – 1.15pm	Live Q&A
1.20pm – 1.25pm	Closing
End of Day 2