Session F3
| Session F3 | ||
| Session title: | Innovate Dementia | |
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| Session chair: | Prof. Inge Bongers, Tilburg University, Tilburg, NL | |
| Date and time: | 24 September 2012, 14:00 – 15:30 h | |
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| Room: | Castor | |
| Session Content | ||
| Rationale Innovate Dementia is an INTERREG IVB North West Europe programme, a transnational programme with eight partners from different regions in North West Europe that aims to develop innovative solutions in care for persons with dementia. The Health4Growth project is an INTERREG IVC project, a transnational project with 11 partners in Europe. In this session the Innovate Dementia project as well as the Health4Growth project are introduced. Ageing is a large socio-economic threat in Europe and a top priority issue at EU level. Dementia is a leading psychiatric condition for people over 60. It is a slowly progressing, non curable, condition with approximately 70% having Alzheimer disease. 60 % of all care is given by informal carers and most of them are overburdened. Dementia needs higher recognition as cases are expected to double in 2025. The Innovate Dementia project aims at boosting innovation and employment by strengthened cooperation at international level. Innovative and sustainable solutions will be developed and tested in Living Labs and will take account of the socio-economic challenges concerned with ageing and dementia around four key themes. In the Health4Growth project the 11 European partners joined forces to improve the effectiveness of regional development policies regarding the operational environment of local and regional economic players within the health sector. Health4Growth will increase the pace of innovation in regional policy in all involved regions, create better and more standardized solutions, which can be implemented in other European locations. State of Play Reports, Collection of Good Practices, Thematic Workshops, Master Class, Comprehensive Implementation Plans and policy recommendations will be the expected outputs of this project. Preliminary program | ||
| 10 min | Introduction by the chair | |
| 15 min | Care for people with dementia Prof. Ralf Ihl – President of the European Association of geriatric psychiatry | |
| 25 min | Panel discussion on various aspects of Innovate Dementia: a.o. lighting; nutrition and physical activity; living environment and models of care for persons with dementia and their carers. Panellists are:
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| 10 min | Presentation of the Health4Growth project | |
| 30 min | Key note: How can regional policy strengthen economic growth in health sector’ Patricia Ceysens, former Flemish Minister of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Innovation. | |