What to expect at Sunday’s Dementia Forum: Round-up of speakers, program, booking details

Greek Australian families surviving with dementia will person the accidental to perceive from medical, ineligible and aged-care experts this Sunday, 14 September, astatine Oakleigh Grammar, during Fronditha Care’s forum An Open Discussion connected Dementia – The personal, κοινωνικά and ineligible interaction of dementia and what you request to know.

The escaped assemblage lawsuit will tally from 11.30am to 1.30pm, offering applicable guidance connected the challenges of dementia, from diagnosis and treatment to care, decision-making and ineligible planning.

A sheet of experts

The forum brings together starring professionals:

• Dr Athanasios (Arthur) Kokkinias, Psychiatrist and Secretary of the Hellenic Medical Society of Australia
• Georgia Tzembetzis, Quality and Clinical Manager, Fronditha Care
• Chris Dolkas, Director, RND Lawyers Pty Ltd
• Mandy Ha, Learning Designer, Dementia Australia

Understanding the journey

Dr Kokkinias told Neos Kosmos that the lawsuit will payment some those acrophobic they whitethorn beryllium processing dementia and the children and spouses of radical already affected. “It’s incredibly communal successful Melbourne’s Greek-speaking assemblage owed to our demographics,” helium said.

Dr Arthur Kokkinias. Photo: Supplied

His presumption will screen the antithetic types of dementias, their consequences, and available treatments, while besides highlighting the toll connected carers.

Facing attraction with knowledge

For Fronditha Care’s Georgia Tzembetzis, cognition is cardinal to preparation. “Families are often unprepared when their loved 1 enters care. It’s a milestone, a shocking event,” she said.

Georgia Tzembetzis. Photo: Supplied

“Life doesn’t extremity with dementia, but families request to accommodate to the changes successful property and behaviour.” She stressed the value of preserving the decision-making dignity of radical with dementia, alternatively than overprotecting them.

The ineligible dimension

Lawyer Chris Dolkas will absorption connected wills and powers of attorney, warning families not to delay. “Acting earlier dementia progresses protects the dignity of the idiosyncratic and provides clarity for families,” helium said.

Chris Dolkas. Photo: Supplied

With expanding organization requirements and the hazard of elder abuse, Dolkas stressed the request for up-to-date documentation.

A vital assemblage resource

Together, the sheet will research dementia from medical, social, and ineligible angles. Families will larn however to spouse with healthcare teams, sphere autonomy, and program up to easiness the burden.

“This is not the end, but a antithetic benignant of life,” said Tzembetzis. “With the close cognition and support, families don’t look the travel of dementia alone.”

Event details: An Open Discussion connected Dementia – The personal, κοινωνικά and ineligible interaction of dementia and what you request to know

When: Sunday 14 September @ 11.30am – 1.30pm

Where: Conference Centre, Oakleigh Grammar, 77/81 Willesden Rd, Oakleigh VIC 3166

Bookings: here