Dementia Meeting Centres: development, evaluation and dissemination

GOLTC Community-Based approaches to Dementia Care Interest Group webinar 

Date: March 28, 2025

Time: 16:00-17:30 GMT

Link: Register to join on Zoom

Meeting centres are community-based that offer a welcoming and supportive environment for people living with dementia. They provide a range of services and activities tailored to the needs and interests of individuals with dementia and support for their families and care partners. They started over 30 years ago in Amsterdam and they are opening all over the world. In this webinar will learn about their history, a realist evaluation of their implementation in the UK, and about the experience of introducing Meeting Centres in Zimbabwe. 

The webinar will cover:  

1. Introduction to the Global Observatory of Long-Term care and welcome (Adelina Comas-Herrera, Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, LSE, UK).
   
2. Introduction to the GOLTC Community-Based approaches to Dementia Care Interest Group: Walter Dawson (Oregon Health & Science University / Portland State University / GBHI) 
3. Presentation: The Meeting Centres Support Program for people with dementia and their carers; development, evaluation and dissemination, Rose-Marie Droes (Amsterdam University Medical Centers)
4. Presentation: Meeting Centres in the UK – The Get Real realist evaluation and the development of the MCUK network, Thomas Morton and Shirley Evans (Association for Dementia Studies, University of Worcester) 
5. Presentation: Introducing Meeting Centres in Zimbabwe: building up from the ground, Clementinah N Rooke (University of Huddersfield). 
6. Discussion chaired by Adelina Comas-Herrera