Day 3: Saturday 2 November 2019

7:30 - 8:00 am

Relaxation - Tai chi session - open to all participants
Tai Chi Chuan (also written as Taijiquan) is an ancient Chinese discipline of meditative movements practiced as a system of exercises.

This pre-conference warm up and relaxation session will help you get started for an exciting and productive day.

7:30 - 8:10 am

Registration and Refreshments

 

8:20 - 8:30 am

Moderator introduction

Chair: Dr. Lana Halaseh 
Facilitator: Dr. Sameer Valappil


Early rehabilitation & preventing de-conditioning
The increasing evidence advocates for the benefit on early hospital rehabilitation regardless of the medical conditions. This is particularly important in older adult populations whose overall health often improves with appropriate physical, cognitive and psychological stimulation

8:30 - 9 am

Dr. Amit Arora [BGS Speaker]
Consultant Physician and Geriatrician, University Hospital of North Midlands, UK
Associate Medical Director, Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust
Clinical Associate, NHS Improvement
Clinical lead, NIHR CRN West Midlands (Ageing)
Chair, West Midlands Quality Review Service for Frailty and Dementia

De-conditioning in older people

9 - 9:30 am

Dr. Nawal Al-Hadad
ED Clinical Program Development, HMC

Holistic Rehabilitation: Intentional Touch and its Effect on Body, Mind, and Spirit for Elderly Patients

9.30 - 10 am

Dr. Veronica B. Parra
Sports and Exercise Medicine Physician
Community Intervention (Wellness) Specialist, PHCC, Qatar
Exercise for healthy ageing, its impact on health and well-being

10 - 10.15 am

Q&A

Panel discussion

10:15 - 10.35 am

[20 minutes] Break

Prepare the rooms

10.35 - 11.20 am

Group [4] Activity *

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5 sessions delivered in parallel –

Delegates can select one of 5 parallel tracks. 

Please see the intended target audience recommendation for each session and only select the session if your profession is listed in the description.

 

[5 minutes] Transition break

 

11.25 - 12.10 pm

Group [5] Activity  *

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5 sessions delivered in parallel –

Delegates can select one of 5 parallel tracks. 

Please see the intended target audience recommendation for each session and only select the session if your profession is listed in the description.

12:10 - 1:05 pm

 [55 minutes ] Lunch

Prepare the lecture room

1:05 - 1:15 pm

Moderator introduction

Chair: Dr. Iain Wilkinson 
Facilitator: Dr. Noorudeen Kunnunmal

Promoting Wellbeing
Personal, community and state change influence each other in multiple way and they are part of a web, a web of wellbeing. A change in one may affect the others; an improvement in one enhances another. Individual wellbeing promotion and preservation are in many aspects and this theme will covers some them.

1:15 - 1:45 pm

Prof. Tahir Masud [BGS]
Consultant Physician at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) and President of the British Geriatrics Society (BGS)

Maintaining mobility into old age and preventing falls

1:45 - 2:15 pm

Prof. Waleed Al Wali,
Senior Consultant Medical Microbiologist, HMC

Safeguarding Older Patients from Multi-Drug Resistant Healthcare Associated Infections

2:15 - 2:35 pm

Prof. Sube Banerjee MBE, MBBS MSc MBA MD FRCPsych
Executive Dean, Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry and Human Sciences, University of Plymouth

Brief description >>
Quality of life and quality of care in dementia 

2:35 - 2:55 pm

Q&A

Panel discussion

2:55 - 3:20 pm

 [25 minutes] Break

 

3:20 - 3:35 pm

Dr Mani Chandran
Senior Consultant Geriatric Psychiatrist, Department of Geriatrics

It’s time to speak about dementia

3:35 - 3:50 pm

Dr Shafi Hashmath Khan
Fellowship Program Director
Deputy Chairman, Department of Geriatrics, HMC 

Future plan for geriatric training

 

3:50 - 4:05 pm

Dr Kawa Amin
Consultant in Geriatrics, HMC

Collaboration with external partners

4:05 - 4:10 pm

Closing and feedback

 


Notes for parallel sessions in each activity:

Delegates can select one of 5 parallel tracks.

Please see the intended target audience recommendation for each session and
only select the session if your profession is listed in the description.

Several sessions have been tailored to particular professions and
CPD credit hours will only be given to attendees of designated professions.