Bio

Hilary Lee is a senior occupational therapist and dementia consultant who qualified in Oxford, England. Hilary has certificate IV in clinical aromatherapy, post graduate studies in health research methods and is completing a Masters Degree in Science. Hilary is an advanced dementia care mapper, and has been implementing the person-centred approach with special projects such as the development of a wellbeing care plan, and a multidisciplinary approach to palliative care.

Hilary has presented her projects and research both nationally and internationally. In 2005 she presented a project on the early identification and prevention of depression in dementia at the Challenging Depression in the Elderly conference, Sydney. In July 2006 she presented early findings from her masters research on the Spark of Life program at the World Federation of Occupational Therapists’ Congress, Sydney.

Hilary specialises in designing experiences for people with dementia to express themselves creatively. She worked with film makers in Perth on a documentary about an intergenerational tapestry project and presented this at the Creative Expression and Communication in Dementia Conference in Vancouver in May 2006. This connection with the Society for the Arts in Dementia in Vancouver inspired Hilary to introduce a new chapter of the society to Australia.