Join us at Hackney Dementia Festival

As part of the festival, St Joseph’s Hospice Namaste Team are offering a series of online sessions open to anyone with an interest in dementia.

These one-hour sessions will take place at 2pm from Monday to Friday as follows:

Dementia Friends Information Session
Learn more about dementia, take home five key messages and what you can do to help people living with dementia in your community.

‘Honouring the spirit within’, an introduction to Namaste Care
Find out about this personalised sensory programme for people living with advanced dementia.

Playlist for Life
A practical workshop exploring how to identify and capture musical memories – including how to have conversations about music; how to find the right music and ways to listen to the playlist.

Dementia: Validation and Communication through Empathy
In this workshop, Naomi Feil, pioneer of validation therapy, explains her empathetic approach in this powerful TED talk which we will explore after watching.

Dementia Friends Information Session
Learn more about dementia, take home five key messages and what you can do to help people living with dementia in your community.

We hope to see you soon!