Alzheimer seminar in Vanderbijlpark

NG Welsyn’s Jeugland Home for the Elderly in Vanderbijlpark is presenting an Alzheimer Seminar on September 23 and anyone interested is welcome to attend. It takes place at the Buitepos Hall (old Spectrum hall) Helena Lochner Street, SW1, Vanderbijlpark. The cost is R150 per person. For more information or a registration form, kindly contact Katinka Nel or Liezel-Mari Naude at Jeugland’s office on 016 933 3995 or 933 0323.

PROGRAMME

7:00-7:45 –  Registration, tea en coffee

7:45-7:55 – Welcoming – Katinka Nel – Opening – rev Rudi Booyens

8:00-08:45 – Diagnoses and causes of Alzheimer   – Dr. Melanie van Zyl – Psychiatrist

Patient with Alzheimer  – Jacques Vermeulen –  Clinical Psychologist

Family & Friends of Dementia patient   Gerda McLachlan – Clinical Psychologist

8:45-8:50 – Questions

08:55-09:40 – Person cantered care – Sue Brandon  – Registered Nurse

9:40-9:45 – Questions

09:50-10:35 –  Sensory Stimulation – Sylvia Birkhead – Occupational Therapist

10:35-10:40 : Questions

10:45- 11:30 – Tips for Managing a person with Dementia – Loraine Schirlinger – Registered Nurse in managing people with Dementia

11:30-11:35 : Questions

11:40- 12:00 : Roll of Alzheimer’s South Africa – Debbie Beech – Regional Director, Alzheimer SA, Gauteng

12:05-12:10 : Acknowledgements

12:15-13:00 – Lunch