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Research Showcase – Culturally Adapted Engagement in Advanced Dementia Care
March 4 @ 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
How can connection, identity, and wellbeing be supported for people living with advanced dementia within culturally diverse communities. What does meaningful engagement look like when communication changes and when care moves online.
This livestream is part of the Dementia Researcher weekly Showcase series. Each week we host a 45 minute online session bringing researchers together to share their work, practice, and ideas.
In this session, Nancy Brown will explore how culturally adapted non pharmacological interventions can support immigrant communities of older adults living with advanced dementia. Drawing on her PhD research at the University of Edinburgh and more than two decades of practice in therapeutic memory care, she will share how music, movement, personal objects, and Validation based communication were adapted for online delivery during the COVID period.
These virtual sessions revealed unexpected moments of connection, relational awareness, and joy, challenging assumptions about engagement in later stage dementia. Nancy will also reflect on her career journey as a practitioner researcher and the importance of empathy, co creation, and cultural sensitivity in dementia research and care.
Attendees can expect a reflective and practice informed session, with time for questions and discussion.
