Cultural Diversity in Arts for Brain Health Webinar

Cultural Diversity in Arts for Brain Health Webinar, Tuesday 5 July 2022, 10 – 11.30 am

Dr Sharmi Bhattacharyya, Consultant & Clinical Lead for Older People’s Mental Health at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board in North Wales and Editor of The Old Age Psychiatrist at the Royal College of Psychiatrists, chairs a debate between leaders in social prescribing, culture health and wellbeing, with a particular focus on diagnostic tools and arts workshops celebrating diverse cultures. Read more

Speakers:

Chair: Dr Sharmi Bhattacharyya, Consultant & Clinical Lead, OPMH North Wales, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board and Editor, The Old Age Psychiatrist, Royal College of Psychiatrists
Dr Karan Jutla, Senior Lecturer in Health (Dementia Lead) Institute of Health, University of Wolverhampton, presents ethnically diverse diagnostic tools.
Dr Sonu Bhaskar, Director, Global Health Neurology Lab, Sydney, Australia.
Thanh Sinden Culture Health and Wellbeing Alliance
Arti Prashar OBE, artist and drama practitioner: ‘Visionaries: A South Asian Arts and Ageing Counter Narrative‘
Kadria Thomas, English/Yemeni Gospel choir leader
Bisakha Sarker MBE, Founder and Artistic Director, Chaturangan South Asian dance
Dr Mercy Wanduara, Department of Fashion Design and Marketing, Kenyatta University, Nairobi presents Kenyan basketry by women from Central and Eastern Kenya
Maree Meredith, Deputy Director for the Poche Centre for Indigenous Health, Flinders University, South Australia (invited) Arts Centres Keeping our Elders Strong, IIkuntji artists
United Anglo-Caribbean Society,Jamaican dance (invited)
Hackney Caribbean Elderly Organisation, Arts for Elderly Engagement (invited)
Rushna Mia, chair, Herts Asian Women’s Association, providing a social prescribing service.
Veronica Franklin Gould (President, Arts 4 Dementia)