Programme
Date: Saturday, 27 February 2010
Venue: Furama RiverFront Hotel, Level 3
Time: 8am to 5pm
Conference Programme*:
| 8.00am | Registration of Guests & Breakfast Reception |
| 8.45am | Guests to be Seated Welcome Address Mrs Pearl Goh, Chairperson, AWWA Centre for Caregivers |
| 9.00am | Opening by Guest-of Honour Mr Laurence Wee, Nominated Member of Parliament & Executive Director, Presbyterian Community Services |
| Keynote Speech Choosing to Care: A Journey of Discovery Dr Richard Birkel, Executive Director & Pope Distinguished Chair in Caregiving Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving, United States of America |
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| 10.00am | PROFESSIONAL TRACK Professional talk: Supporting Family Caregivers Using Evidence Based Practices Dr Richard Birkel, Executive Director & Pope Distinguished Chair in Caregiving Rosalynn Carter Insitute for Caregiving, United States of America |
| FAMILY CAREGIVERS TRACK Empowerment Workshops (held concurrently) |
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| 1 | Handling Your Emotions as a Caregiver Mr Rodney Woulfe, Counsellor and Performance Coach, Life Paths |
| 2 | Using Music to Bond with Your Loved One with Alzheimer's Dr Patsy Tan, Music Therapist, Singapore General Hospital |
| 3 | Balancing Caregiving With Your Working Life Mr Wong Chai Kee, Principal Consultant and Corporate Psychologist, CPS Consultants |
| 4 | Conflict & Communication in Caregiving Mr Philip Merry, President, Philip Merry Consulting Group |
| 12.00am | Caregivers' Sharing Mr Wong Chai Kee, Caregiver, Author of "Even When She Forgot My Name - Love, Life and My Mother’s Alzheimer’s" |
| 12.15pm | Model Caregiver Awards Ceremony Model Caregiver Awards- Individual & Merit Model Caregiver Family Awards – Family & Merit Nominees Recognition |
| Lunch | |
| 1.30pm | Q & A with Resource Panel Mr Sherman Chan, Operations Manager, Centre for Enabled Living Dr R Akhileswaran, CEO & Medical Director, HCA Hospice Care Ms Anita Ho, Programme Manager, AWWA Centre for Caregivers Associate Professor Premarani Kannusamy, Director of Nursing, Institute of Mental Health Ms Linda Chua, Management Committee Member, Alzheimer’s Disease Association Ms Faezah Shaikh Kadir, Assistant Manager, Agency for Integrated Care |
| Tea Break |
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| 2.45pm | Managing Your Stress Mr Philip Merry, President, Philip Merry Consulting Group |
| From Learning to Action – The Next Steps Mr Philip Merry, President, Philip Merry Consulting Group |
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| 5.00pm | Closing Address Ms Sangeeta Rajgopal, Director, AWWA Centre for Caregivers |
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| 8.00am - 5.00pm | Book displays by Public Libraries Singapore Book sales by Market Asia Distributors Pte Ltd |
(*subject to changes)
