GUEST SPEAKERS
Tues 26th Jan, Uckfield
Jo White
Wishing Well Musicians in Healthcare
Wishing Well music charity work in partnership with a number of NHS trusts and charities across the South East, bringing live interactive Music for Wellbeing into hospitals and hospices. Their musicians work closely with healthcare staff to make sure their approach is right for each individual person.
On Dementia wards they use reminiscence repertoire and creative improvisation to help people with dementia connect with their families and care givers, stimulate memories and to define themselves in the present through taking part in music.
They support wellbeing in healthcare by creating environments that make people feel safe and by encouraging a healthcare culture that helps staff interact with the person, as well as treating the health condition. They support the whole community around the patient, including families, care givers and staff in interactions and aim to improve the overall sound ecology of clinical spaces.
Please contact Wishing Well Project Manager jo@rhythmixmusic.org.uk to talk about music in your setting
Weds 27th April, Peacehaven
Graham Browne
Dementia Ambassador, Alzheimer's Society
Graham Browne lives locally and has spoken openly about his experience of living with Pick's disease. Graham was a speaker at the launch of the Dementia Out of the Shadows report, attended the KPMG Disability Steering Group and has participated in a number of UK Dementia Congresses. Graham was part of the Local Organising Committee for the Alzheimer's Disease International Conference 2012, held in London and co-hosted by Alzheimer's Society.
Tues 16th Feb, Crowborough
Dr Khalid Ali
BSMS Senior Geriatrician
Dr Khalid Ali is a clinical academic at Brighton and Sussex Medical School; his clinical base is the acute and rehabilitation unit at Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath. He completed his MD degree in Medicine from Keele University, UK, for the thesis “Stroke and Oxygen: research relating to acute stroke, hypoxia, assessment, treatment and study design,” in 2008 and was awarded a Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians, London in 2010. He was recently nominated for “Enabling research impact” award by the Doctoral School Office, University of Sussex, in May 2015. He is a Senior Geritrician at Royal Sussex County Hospital, a specialist in Stroke Rehabilitation and Dementia.
Dr Ali also writes a film review column for the British Medical Journal Blog, Medical Humanities, Screening Room. His most recent paper on Dementia and Music was published last Oct 2015 and presented here: http://ncp.pcaaca.org/presentation/music-and-dementia
Please contact Dr Khalid Ali here:
Janice Makonnen 01444 441881 x8275
