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PERSON, Environment and Occupation. #ROARdementia

**WEBINAR SERIES: PERSON 24^th October at 3pm BST.**

INTRODUCTION

Occupational therapists work to enable people and communities to live their best lives. They work with people of all ages, focusing on the ways in which time spent influences health and well-being, this could be playing sport, through going to work and or a caring for others. But perhaps most importantly, occupational therapists focus on the areas which are identified by people as most important to them, working further to support and enable the person to lead a purposeful, fulfilling life. Irrespective of practice setting, occupational therapists have a vital role to play in public health promotion, including dementia risk reduction across the life span. More widely the profession are experts in advocating the right to occupation (what we want, need, and must do as part of our everyday lives) to empower people living with dementia, and those who support them, to maintain and sustain a positive life for longer.

This framed our ambition to come together as co-editors of a new publication “Occupational therapy and dementia: promoting inclusion and opportunities for people living with dementia”. Over forty co-authors have contributed to this book and their generosity and willingness to share their expertise from both within and beyond the profession of occupational therapy has been overwhelming.

Book content aims to share our ambition to inspire occupational therapists of today and tomorrow, to be future leaders, innovators, researchers, and rights-based practitioners in dementia. It does so by highlighting examples of ground-breaking work by occupational therapists and inter-professional colleagues, that we hope will inspire, challenge and encourage readers to be a rights-based practitioner. Each chapter in the textbook offers examples of how and in what way occupational therapists (potentially others also), can respond to and reflect on, a human rights-based approach to dementia practice. To highlight ideas and examples of content included in the book, we have organised three free webinars, which follow the structure of the text; person, environment and occupation.

WEBINAR SERIES: THE PERSON 24^th October at 3pm BST.

The structure of the textbook is framed by the themes of ‘person’, ‘environment’ and ‘occupation’ and we decided as editors to support each of these themes over 3 webinars so you can hear first-hand from some of those who contributed. The first of the webinars is on the 24^thof October at 3pm BST, focusing on the important theme of PERSON. You can join us by click on the link at this time.

https://plymouth.zoom.us/j/91206096631?pwd=YzNLM0t4a2hVYjBVZFEvTS9WRmx3QT09

At our first webinar you will meet all four editors and hear from authors who contributed to:

Chapter 2: The voices of people living with dementia (Anthony Schrag, Henry Rankin, Lorna Noble, Margaret McCallion & Wendy Rankin) @S_D_W_G,

Chapter 3: Always Looking for a Solution (Chris Roberts, Jayne Goodrick, Alison Warren) @mason4233, @jaynegoodrick @alisonfwarren

Chapter 5: The Role of Occupational Therapy in Promoting Lifelong Brain Health (Neil Fullerton, Fiona Maclean, Elaine Hunter& Anna Borthwick) @macleanFiona @elaineahpmh

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HOLD THE DATE for the two remaining webinars:

Focus on the Environment: 7^th November 2023, 7 to 8pm
Focus on Occupation: 6^th February 2024, 3 to 4pm

Keep in Touch

Fiona, Alison, Elaine, and Lyn can be found through Twitter, now known as X. If interested in further supporting our conversation with occupational therapists, consider using the #ROARdementia acronym to reach out via X/twitter or Instagram.