Date: Thursday 30 January 2025

Venue: Nightingale House, 105 Nightingale Lane, London, SW12 8NB

This free one-day conference is organised by BSMS in partnership with Nightingale Hammerson, and will feature a range of international speakers who will discuss social connectedness, arts and humanities in care home communities.

Schedule:

10:45am: Arrival and registration

Morning Session: Social Connectedness and Models of Care

Chairs: Nuno Santos Lopes (Director of Research, Innovation and Community Engagement, Nightingale Hammerson) and Dr Khalid Ali (Reader in Geriatrics, Brighton and Sussex Medical School).

11-11:15am: Introduction - Nuno Santos Lopes, Clemence Muchingaguyo (Registered Manager and Head Nurse, Nightingale House), and Dr Khalid Ali
11:15-11:45am: Holistic Care in Care Homes - Nuno Santos Lopes
11:45am-12:15pm: Arts for Health of Older People - Helen Simmons (Senior Charity Executive)
12:15-1pm: Social Connectedness and the Creative Arts in Care Homes: From Research to Practice - Helen English, PhD (Associate Professor in Music, University of Newcastle, Australia)

1-2pm: Lunch, refreshments and networking.

Afternoon Session: Arts and Humanities

Chairs: Professor Avram Mark Clarfield, MD FRCPC (Emeritus Professor of Geriatrics and Director, Centre of Global Health; Chair, National Council on Ageing, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem), and Professor Desmond O’Neill, FRCPI, AGSF, FRCP (Glasg), FRCP, FGSA, FRCPEdin (Professor of Medical Gerontology, Trinity College Dublin)

2-2:30pm: Cultural Gerontology, Age Studies and Geriatric Medicine - Professor Des O’Neill
2:30-3pm: The Aristocracy of Suffering: Queen Victoria's Two Depressions - Professor Robert Abrams, MD (Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry in the Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York City, USA)
3-3:30pm: Humanising Care for Older People: Bonding Over Film - Dr Khalid Ali
3:30-4:15pm: A Poet Writes on Ageing - Professor Owen Lewis (Professor of Psychiatry in Medical Humanities & Ethics, Columbia Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons, USA)
4:15-4:30pm: Summary and concluding remarks.

This event is sponsored by the Academy of Medical Sciences.

The event is approved by the Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the UK for 4 category 1 (external) CPD credit(s).

Please note that Nightingale House is a Jewish Care Home. Delegates cannot bring food into the venue, but lunch and refreshments will be provided and allergies and specific requirements can be catered for.

Nightingale House has limited parking on site. If you require parking, please contact reach@nightingalehammerson.org. The closest stations are Clapham South (Tube), Balham (Tube and Train) and Clapham Common (Train). The G1 bus also stops in front of the home.

For enquiries about the conference, please email Dr Khalid Ali at: khalid.ali10@nhs.net

Social Connectedness in Care Homes: From Research to Practice