Day 2 :
Keynote Forum
Sushma Chawla
Hope Ek A.S.H.A, India
Keynote: Legal and financial issues for dementia patients
Biography:
Sushma Chawla is the Chief Medical Officer for IFCI, TFCI, IVCF, and BMB and also contributing to the fraternity by being a Lifetime Member of Delhi Medical Association, Indian Medical Association, Indian Menopause Society and Delhi Diabetic forum. She has carried the glory of Indian medicine in National and International conferences and presented papers on subjects of interest and research.
Abstract:
Caring for a family member with dementia poses many challenges for caregivers. Family members are unprepared when dealing with a loved one with dementia. Overwhelmed with emotions such as denial, anger and helplessness, legal and financial issues are often neglected but these are very important and need to be addressed at the earliest. Especially for a disease that is expected to cause declining mental and physical health. The changes will affect their ability to make decisions and participate in legal and financial planning in the future. These issues are overlooked due to lack of awareness regarding its importance, postponing it to some other suitable time, if the patient is your parent and you have one or more siblings, it is the fear of blame game and stigma. As soon as the diagnosis is established, families of people with dementia can be helped by addressing tough questions such as money, bank accounts, pension, thumb impressions, lockers, shares and mutual funds, property, Hindu Undivided Family (HUF), the mandate has to be transferred, power of attorney/legal guardian, valid will, no investments after the diagnosis established. These financial and legal issues should be dealt at the first sign of dementia. Take the help of attorneys, confide in a family member and discuss it among your siblings without any fear. It is an important part of caring for your beloved one.
- Medical Biotechnology and Alzheimer’s Disease | Neuroimaging Biomarkers | Neurological Diseases | Neurodegenerative Diseases | Alzheimer’s and the Brain | Alzheimer’s Clinical Trials and Studies | Diagnostic Alzheimer | Dementia Care and Consulting
Location: Abu Dhabi
Session Introduction
Malka Ceh
Sigmund Freud University, Austria
Title: Dementia in psychoanalytic psychotherapy
Time : 11:00-11:30
Biography:
Malka Ceh is a postgraduate student of psychotherapy science at Sigmund Freud University Vienna, and a psychoanalytic psychotherapist in training, currently working under supervision at the psychotherapeutic faculty clinic in Ljubljana, Slovenia. She is a founding member of Physiopsychological Research Association PsyPhys, member of the International Neuropsychoanalysis Society, and member of the International Association of Clinical Neuropsychotherapy. Her research interests include neuropsychotherapy, neuropsychoanalysis, and sports psychotherapy.
Abstract:
Psychoanalytical psychotherapy is usually not primary recognized as a supportive approach and is traditionally placed on the expressive and explorative pole of the psychotherapy spectrum. The common aim of psychoanalytical psychotherapy is to identify innate patterns, repressed emotions, and forgotten experiences. In making this unconscious content conscious it gets easier for the patient to know, change or accept who they are. Although dementia is rarely considered for psychotherapy, and because of its nature even less for psychoanalytical psychotherapy, we believe psychoanalytical informed ideas and concepts have much to offer in outlining a benefiting approach to dementia patients. As memory function is critically affected in dementia, the illness alters the core of a patient’s self and his object relations. In developing a profound understanding of these human experiences and their complex functioning, psychoanalysis can conceive precise interventions that provide efficiently for the patient’s cognitive, relational, and relational needs. Together with the most powerful aspects of contemporary psychoanalytical psychotherapy, i.e. curiosity, openness, and acceptance, we can contribute considerably to the quality of life for more and more people who are living with dementia.
Satyaprakash Tiwari
Jamiyah Nursing Home, Singapore
Title: Dementia continuum of care – Jamiyah Singapore model
Time : 11:30-12:00
Biography:
Satyaprakash Tiwari has spearheaded and operationalized four Voluntary Welfare Organizations (VWOs), piloted the first home help service and dementia day care center and developed numerous community-based programs and initiatives in Singapore. Having been a Senior-Level Executive in VWOs for over 30 years, he earned a formidable reputation in relation to his expertise in initiating and institutionalizing significant programs with highly effective management skills and ability to develop longstanding commercial, inter-agency and client relationships.
Abstract:
One of the emphases today in Jamiyah Singapore is on avoiding premature institutionalization of the frail elderly with dementia. Singapore should as far as possible decrease use of the expensive and debilitating nursing home care. This is not to say that institutional services should be totally eliminated, but that they must be used more judiciously. As the aging population increases, the question remains how many of the elderly will need the costly institutional care necessary to deal with chronic illness and how many should be re-channeled to less expensive, yet more meaningful alternatives. The feasibility of such cost-saving community long-term care alternatives is based on the idea of a “continuum of care”, the provision of an appropriate level of service for elderly citizens in various stages of health and aging. Jamiyah Singapore recognizes that the aging of the Singaporean population is expected to pose a major challenge to Singapore’s socio-economic progress and the face of healthcare in Singapore is changing. Advancements in technology, pharmacology, and medical healthcare practice contribute to the extension of the average lifespan. Amidst these changes, chronic diseases are emerging as a priority topic. In general, the goal of treatment is to restore the elderly to their highest level of functioning. This includes optimizing medical, emotional, social, educational and vocational functioning and bringing them as close to full independence as their condition allow. Jamiyah Singapore has set up more than 15 services and programs such as counseling, senior therapy services, residential homes, food bank, etc. These services aim to help persons from various vulnerable and disadvantaged groups across all ages and ethnic background to ensure that anyone who needs help and their caregivers gets the necessary support they need. The predominant aims for which the organization was established are to provide a comprehensive planned approach for the direct relief of poverty, sickness, suffering, distress, misfortune, destitution or helplessness in the community.