Dementia & rights: From principles to practice (ADI and DAI webinar)

This 75-minute joint webinar with ADI partner, Dementia Alliance International, features a panel of experts across multiple disciplines, addressing key issues and principles surrounding human rights and dementia, with a particular emphasis on how these important concepts can be translated into mobilisation and practice.

00:00:00 ADI CEO, Paola Barbarino, provides an overview of the webinar and panel
00:05:26 Kate Swaffer, Chair, CEO and Co-founder of Dementia Alliance International, on the importance of translating policy into tangible action
00:20:20 Suzanne Hill, Adjunct Professor at Trinity College Dublin, speaks on dementia as a disability and current policy response
00:30:30 Silvia Perel-Levin, Chair of the NGO Committee on Ageing, talks about the intersectionality of human rights and health for older people, including those with disabilities
00:41:24 Mary Beth Wighton, Founder and Co-Chair, Dementia Advocacy Canada; 'Dementia & rights: From principle to practice' (Canadian perspective)
00:50:10 Jim Pearson, Director of Policy and Research, Alzheimer Scotland, 'Transforming Dementia Policy and Practice from a Human Rights Perspective'
01:00:05 LiYu Tang, Secretary General, Taiwan Alzheimer's Disease Association (TADA); 'The Human Rights of People with Dementia in Taiwan'
01:08:20 Q&A session with the audience and panelists

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