NEW 2026 Experiences

Included for all Conference Day Pass holders, is the opportunity to benefits from both of our Dementia Experiences as drop in sessions, one shall be held int he morning and the other after lunch for the afternoon each day.

These are available during both days of the 2026 NAEP Conference, we shall be running one course in the morning and another in the afternoon as drop in sessions.

This year’s Dementia Experiences provide immersive, experiential training designed to give delegates first-hand insight into the sensory and communication challenges faced by people living with dementia.

Practical, thought-provoking and impactful, these sessions are a must for anyone committed to improving understanding, interaction and quality of care.

Dementia Interpreter

Tuesday 30th June

12.15pm – 4pm

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Wednesday 1st July

9am – 11.30am

The experiential Dementia Interpreters course is the next generation of training that is specific for people who have dementia.

One of the most vital aspects of supporting people with dementia is being able to recognise and understand the changes in communication that will inevitably happen while on their personal journey of dementia.

The dementia interpreter course shows the impact on communication and the need for staff to start to understand and translate the language of dementia.

The course is designed to enable delegates to communicate more effectively with those who have dementia. To recognise that behaviours are often a way of communication which need to be translated to improve the quality of life of people with this disease.

Part of the course is experiential training using special equipment which will gradually decrease your ability to communicate effectively.

You will therefore experience the communication barriers on various levels as if putting you in the shoes of someone with dementia.

D.I.E.T Experience

Dining Immersive Experiential Training

Tuesday 30th June

9am – 11.30am

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Wednesday 1st July

12.15pm – 4pm

The priority for care providers when supporting people that have a diagnosis of dementia is to maintain a healthy weight and follow a balanced diet. The care industry is massively successful at designing and preparing superb meals for the people that they support, but do we fail to promote food and drink intake in the dining area?

The newly launched D.I.E.T course provided exclusively through Training 2 CARE, transports you on a journey into their world and experience first-hand the challenges that are faced in this important and sometimes taken for granted area.

As part of this course, you will experience the sensory challenges of sight, smells, hearing and much more. You will have the chance to try for yourself the latest adaptive equipment, you will understand how to dress dining tables, design menus, colour spectrums and so much more.

But what makes this course different? Simply put, having the opportunity to truly understand, first-hand, the barriers that we unintentionally put in place around dining for dementia, is something that will stay with staff forever. Promoting a positive dining experience through new knowledge will improve the lives of both staff and the people that we support and will change the dementia landscape forever.

Day 1

Tues 30^th June

12.15pm – 4pm

Day 2

Weds 1^st July