Family Caregiving meetings & conferences

World Hearing Voices Congress

November 20-22, 2013 Melbourne, Australia

Traditionally held in Europe, this extraordinary conference brings together the world’s leading experts on hearing voices and recovery.  It is an event unlike anything else in mental health, filled with hope, innovative thinking and collaboration.  This year the congress will be hosted in Melbourne by Voices Vic, Prahran Mission.

The congress is consumer-led, but is developed by a working group which also includes members from all mental health disciplines, real practice and the latest research, carers & families, and multicultural & indigenous perspectives.

Working together to build our understanding about hearing voices and new ways of thinking about recovery.

For voice hearers, consumers, service users, clinicians, community workers, carers and family, researchers and students.

Three days of new ideas, collaborative conversations, innovative research and practice, and stories of hope and creativity.

The themes for this year's congress have been announced:

1. Madness has meaning

2. Inviting curiosity about voices

3. A new era in leadership by those with lived experience

4. New practice and research for working with voices

5. Opening new doors for families and carers of voice hearers

2013 National Lifespan Respite Conference

The Freedom Trail to Respite

October 15-17, 2013 Boston, Massachusetts

The Massachusetts Lifespan Respite Coalition, in collaboration with the ARCH National Respite Network, will host the 2013 National Lifespan Respite Conference in Boston, MA on October 15-17, 2013.  The theme for the conference is The Freedom Trail to Respite, reflecting the great historical backdrop of the beautiful city of Boston and acknowledging the significant role respite can play in providing improved quality of life for the nation's family caregivers.

2013 Roundtable on Aging and Intellectual Disability

September 19, 2013 – September 20, 2013 Simmons College Boston, Massachusetts

Special Interest Group on Aging with an Intellectual Disability Roundtable

Theme: Bridging between Aging and Intellectual Disabilities

A series of short papers addressing some or all of the following will help guide the Roundtable discussions:

1. Common experiences and challenges in health and aging

2. Bridging the aging and intellectual disability service systems

3. Changing profiles in family caregiving and caregiver supports

4. Redesigning long term services and supports (and/or long term care)

5. Examples of cross-system learning

6. Opportunities from collaboration

Aging with Passion & Purpose: Aging Well in the Age of Technology

October 20-21, 2013 Omaha, Nebraska

Join us in 2013 to learn about:

• Living Better with Technology

• Empowering Older Adults to use Technology

• Transforming Healthcare through Technology

• Accessing Resources with Technology

• Creating Community via Technology

• Supporting Creativity and Spirituality with Technology

For more information please visit the conference website at www.unomaha.edu/gero/conference.php; call the UNO Department of Gerontology at (402) 554-2272; or email us at unoaging@unomaha.edu.

3rd International Workshop on the Socio-Economics of Ageing

School of Economics and Management, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal 25 October 2013

World Parkinson Congress 2013

3rd World Parkinson Congress (WPC 2013) Montreal, Canada October 1 to 4, 2013

The World Parkinson Congresses provide an international forum for the latest scientific discoveries, medical practices and care initiatives related to Parkinson disease. By bringing physicians, scientists, nurses, rehab professionals, policy advocates, care partners, family members and people with Parkinson's disease together, we aim to create a worldwide dialogue that will help expedite the discovery of a cure and best treatment practices for this devastating disease.

Plans are underway for the third World Parkinson Congress from October 1 - 4, 2013 to be held at the Palais des congrès in Montreal, Canada. The WPC 2013 is on track to be as successful as the first two Congresses but we can only do it with your involvement. The WPC 2013 is more than just a meeting. We hope to leave a legacy behind. When planning each WPC, we work with the local community to raise awareness about and increase the quality of life of people living with Parkinson disease. Please join us and help make this vision a reality in Montreal in 2013.