The second Dementia SA South African conference was hosted at the Pavilion conference Centre at the V&A Waterfront on 25 and 26 October 2011. The conference was well attended by various role players and featured some of the prominent academics and health care professionals in the industry, local and international.

Part of the conference was an area, specifically allocated, for exhibitor stands where a variety of service providers had the opportunity to meet and converse with conference attendees while at the same time showcasing various products, services, technology and retirement developments. CPOA occupied Stand number 7 and exhibited their current three new developments namely Kronendal Retirement village in Houtbay, Riverside Gardens and Fernbridge both situated in Dieprivier.

“This is a first for CPOA and it is important that the market, in general, and industry stakeholders, in the greater retirement industry, are made aware of the exciting changes that are taking place at CPOA and what we have to offer” said exhibitor, Ivan Oosthuizen who heads up the Sales and Marketing portfolio of the group. Attendees showed great interest in the developments and had the opportunity to ask questions and share ideas.

CPOA will become a more prominent figure in future conferences, exhibitions, expos and other forms of brand and marketing activities. “I believe people should be made aware that the CPOA can be of great service and assistance to all retirees, whether they have been retired for a few years or whether they are planning to go into retirement, CPOA offers all the services required and has proven itself over the past 58 years” according to Oosthuizen.

The conference and exhibition has added value to CPOA’s profile and will surely become an annual event on the CPOA calendar. For any further inquiries relating to any of the development showcased, contact CPOA’s In-take Officer, Mrs Elicia Smithen on (021) 686-7830.



Conference Facts

• FOUR international speakers – all specialists in the field of the elderly - three from the UK (Prof. Dawn Brooker, Caroline Baker and Danuta Lipinska) and one from the USA (Jill Adkins)
• 11 well-known local experts in the field of dementia or care of the elderly – from diverse professional health care backgrounds 
• 189 delegates from across South Africa – from a range of professions
• 11 exhibitors who added value to the experience of delegates
• One third of all delegates were medical or allied health care profess ionals who all registered for CPD points (10 general CPD points and 2 Ethics CPD points) the process managed by Discovery Health
• Ruda Landman was the MC with her professional manner ensured that the proceedings ran smoothly
• 98% of the delegates rated the Conference programme EXCELLENT!
• 82,9% rated the topics/subjects of the speakers EXCELLENT!
• 73,3% rated the relevance to my occupation was EXCELLENT!
• 72,7% rated the range of topics/subjects EXCELLENT!

• 98,6% said YES their expectations of the Conference had been fulfilled – one person wanted more medical/scientific information which is a fair comment and will be addressed in next year’s conference