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The Challenge of Personalisation for Older People's Services

Making Research Count in collaboration with Age Concern London and the Social Care Workforce Research Unit
present a One-Day Conference for Practitioners on Thursday 28 January 2010, 10.30am – 3.30pm at King's College London:

For enquiries contact Jess at jess.harris@kcl.ac.uk or on 020 7848 1503.

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CHS - Measuring performance in sheltered housing

The Centre for Housing and Support will be hosting a select number of one day training programmes with the HouseMarkTrust, please see link for further details.

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CHS will be running a further three Measuring performance in sheltered housing seminar .The new dates are:-

9th March – Plymouth
11th March- Sheffield
27th April - London

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Healthcare Events: Upcoming Conferences

Falls Prevention in Older People
Date: Thursday 11th February 2010
Venue: 4 Hamilton Place, London
This one day conference is a key learning opportunity for those wishing to develop their falls prevention strategies, and focus on promoting active healthier lifestyles. You will hear good practice case studies, tips for developing innovative projects to raise awareness of falls prevention and about developing quality indicators and metrics for falls services.
Contact: For more information please call Hanisha on 020 8541 1399, email hanisha@healthcare-events.co.uk or visit http://www.healthcare-events.co.uk
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http://www.healthcare-events.co.uk/conf/booking.php?action=home&id=388

Dignity in Care on the Wards
Date: Wednesday 24th February 2010
Venue: 20 Cavendish Square, LondonThrough a series of presentations, this one day national conference, chaired by Janet Davies Director of Nursing and Service Delivery Royal College of Nursing, focuses on measuring and monitoring dignity in care to improve the patient experience, developing frontline staff to provide care with compassion and initiatives to deliver dignity in care.
Contact: For more information please call Hanisha on 020 8541 1399, email hanisha@healthcare-events.co.uk or visit http://www.healthcare-events.co.uk
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http://www.healthcare-events.co.uk/conf/booking.php?action=home&id=395

National Memory Services Congress
Date: Tuesday 16th March 2010
Venue: 76 Portland Place, London The first wave of UK memory services have been accredited by the Royal College of Psychiatrists for their achievements in meeting best practice standards. Through a series of presentations, this one day conference, chaired by Professor Martin Orrell Professor of Ageing and Mental Health London Centre for Dementia Care UCL and Associate Medical Director North East London Foundation Trust, has been developed to provide delegates with firsthand knowledge of Memory Services.
Contact: For more information please call Hanisha on 020 8541 1399, email hanisha@healthcare-events.co.uk or visit http://www.healthcare-events.co.uk
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http://www.healthcare-events.co.uk/conf/booking.php?action=home&id=416

QIPP in Mental Health
Date: Thursday 25th March 2010
Venue: Cavendish Conference Centre, London
Chaired by Ian McPherson Director National Mental Health Development Unit this one day conference provides a practical guide to delivering Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention in Mental Health. Jim Easton National Director for Improvement and Efficiency NHS Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention (QIPP) opens the day with a focus on developments from the NHS Productivity Unit and the individuals role in supporting quality, innovation, productivity and prevention.
Contact: For more information please call Hanisha on 020 8541 1399, email hanisha@healthcare-events.co.uk or visit http://www.healthcare-events.co.uk
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http://www.healthcare-events.co.uk/conf/booking.php?action=home&id=421

Drugs 2010
Date: Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd April 2010
Venue: SECC, Glasgow
This year we are very pleased to extend an invitation to you from Glasgow, to join us for our fifteenth national conference. The theme for the conference focuses on the need for all practitioners and services to work together, influenced by evidence, values, experience and the voice of people with drug and alcohol problems. We will also consider the importance of the clinical voice in positively influencing drug policy. Over the course of the two days there will be plenty of opportunity for discussion, debate and knowledge-sharing with your peers, user advocates and leading professionals.
Contact: For more information please call Hanisha on 020 8541 1399, email hanisha@healthcare-events.co.uk or visit http://www.healthcare-events.co.uk
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http://www.healthcare-events.co.uk/conf/booking.php?action=home&id=404

CHS - Promoting mental health and wellbeing in older people conference

With the imminent launch of 'New Horizons', the latest vision for mental health and wellbeing, CHS and Pavilion, coming together for the first time, are delighted to present a programme for professionals delivering Housing-related Support to older and vulnerable client groups and providers of Older Persons' services.

CHS are running an introductory special offer until midday on 18th December – send one delegate and another delegate goes free (based on a standard fee of £255).

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Agenda for Later Life 2010

Public policy on ageing for the next decade

Agenda for Later Life 2010 is the essential conference for anyone with an interest in public policy for older people. Just before the upcoming General Election the conference will highlight the policy challenges for the decade ahead and ask how experiences of later life should change by the end of the next parliament.

Book before 12 February to receive the early booking rate of just £299 + VAT, £229 + VAT for the public sector, and just £129 + VAT for voluntary organisations.

Speakers include:
Matthew Taylor, Chief Executive, RSA
Rt Hon. Yvette Cooper MP
Rt Hon. Theresa May MP
Prof. Steve Webb MP

For more information please visit our website or email agendaforlaterlife@ace.org.uk

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