2013/03/10 15:55
On Saturday, March 9th, an "Open Course for Practitioners Engaged in Medical Care for Dementia 2013" was held at Kumamoto Kenmin Exchange Center Parea. The theme was "Ways of Community Cooperation to Cope with Dementia", and was extremely well received with 200 practitioners participating.
Time and Date: March 9 (Sat), 2013, from 10:00 to 16:00
Venue: Parea Hall, Kumamoto Kenmin Exchange Center Parea (10th Fl.)
Theme: Ways of Community Cooperation to Cope with Dementia
Co-hosts: Kumamoto Prefectural Dementia-related Disease Medical Center, Japan Society for Social Psychiatry
Sponsor: Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University: Master of ceremony: Seishiro Kojima (Kumamoto Prefectural Dementia-related Disease Medical Center)
Program (Titles omitted)
09:30 - Doors open
10:00 - Opening address: Manabu Ikeda (Professor, Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University)
Address from Kumamoto Prefecture: Masayuki Nagai (Director, Longevity Society Bureau, Health & Welfare Department, Kumamoto Prefecture)
10:15 - "Cooperation in Medical Care for Dementia during the Time of a Natural Disaster - From the Realities in Fukushima -"
Speaker: Hisao Tago (Maikohama Hospital)
Chairperson: Isao Takamori (Aso Yamanami Hospital)
11:15 - "Challenges in Cooperation in Medical Care for Dementia in Major Cities - Aiming to Link Medical Care and Nursing Care - "
Speaker: Kazue Kashiwagi (Asakayama General Hospital)
Chairperson: Shinichi Sakamoto (Heisei Hospital)
12:15 - Break
13:15 - "Measures Taken to Cope with Dementia and the Current Situation of the Dementia-related Disease Medical Centers in Tokyo"
Speaker: Shuichi Awata (Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology)
Chairperson: Kunio Araki (Kumamoto Mental Care Hospital)
14:15 - "Community Cooperation Seen through the Eyes of a Psychiatrist at a General Hospital"
Speaker: Kumiko Utsumi (Sunagawa City Medical Center)
Chairperson: Minpei Miyagawa (Amakusa Hospital)
15:15 - Comprehensive discussion
16:00 - Closing address: Kohei Miyagawa (Chairman, Association of Kumamoto Psychiatric Hospitals)