Summit 2011

The 4th Summit of the Knowledge Network in Rural and Remote Dementia Care was held on October 27th and 28th, 2011 in Saskatoon.

The fourth meeting of the Knowledge Network in Rural and Remote Dementia Care continued to build upon the success of previous Summit meetings. The Summit itself was the focus of a research project this year evaluating the Summit as a Knowledge Exchange activity.

Dr. Janice Keefe, professor at Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, in the Department of Family Studies and Gerontology, and Director of the Nova Scotia Centre on Aging was the keynote presenter at the 2011 Summit. Her presentation focused on the critical, yet often invisible role of friends and family in providing in-home care to our aging population.

 

Before the 2011 Summit a newsletter was distributed to attendees and researchers reminding them of the upcoming Summit and to share news among the members. That newsletter is available for download below.

The evening of Thursday, October 27th was a reception and scientific poster session. A booklet of posters as presented that evening is available for download below. The Summit meeting itself was held during the day on Friday, October 28th. The final report from the Summit meeting is also available below.

2011 Pre-Summit Newsletter pdf (0.3 MB)

2011 Summit Poster Session Booklet pdf (2.9 MB)

2011 Summit Final Report pdf (3.2 MB)