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	OPAN Extracare conference: the Research Agenda and Opportunities for Wales
	Draft programme for 1st May 2007 at Village Hotel Cardiff
	Tea/coffee available from 9:30
	Registration (pre-paid £50)	10.00
	Welcome/Introduction	10.30 – 10.40
	Guest speakers	10.40 – 11.30
	Robin Darton, Research Fellow, Kent University, PSSRU (Personal Social Services Research Unit)	‘An evaluation of the schemes supported by the Department of Health's Extra Care Housing Fund – early stages’
	Professor Julienne Hanson University College London (UCL), Professor of House Form and Culture	‘Remodelling sheltered housing and residential care homes to extra care housing’
	Break	11.30 – 11.40
	Guest speakers	11.40 – 12.30
	Professor Miriam Bernard, Keele University, Research Institute for Life Course Studies & Centre for Social Gerontology	‘Berryhill Retirement Village: findings from a participative action research study’
	Karen Croucher, Research Fellow, University of York, Centre for Housing Policy	‘Housing with care for later life: expectations, evidence, and experience’
	Panel discussion	12.30 – 13.00
	Buffet Lunch	13.00 – 13.45
	Presentation of local projects	13.45 – 15.00
	- Parallel Session 1	Gwalia Housing Association
	- Parallel Session 2	Linc-Cymru
	- Parallel Session 3	Castleoak care partnerships
	- Parallel Session 4	Wales & West Housing Association
	Delegates will be able to attend 2 out of 4 sessions each
	Breakout session	15.00 – 15.20
	Plenary session	15.20 – 15.45
	Closing remarks	15.45 – 16.00