Marie-Hélène Gillig s'interroge modestement sur l'apport de la spécificité chrétienne aujourd'hui par la création d'une fondation : un surcroît d'attention à la personne humaine et de force d'innovation ?

La société Avizen a identifié chez les structures d'aide à domicile et chez les personnes accompagnées et leurs familles un besoin très précis, celui de coordonner les interventions à domicile et de gérer les changements incessants de planning. Avizen répond à ce besoin par un portail Internet.

This conference aimed to explore the roles and risks involved for the insurance industry, what needs to be done, and what safeguards should be applied to avoid the pitfalls. Is it a possibility or a pipe dream to provide medical care for all? How can it be kept affordable and available for all?

It seek to shed light on the direction of travel for the long term care sector, and to highlight the opportunities as well as the threats to providers who fail to respond to a rapidly changing market place.

It will consider the effect on extra-care of government and Conservative proposals for funding care.

The conference discussed how successful the nutrition regulation has been to date and explored where the regulatory balance may lie for the future.

The Forum focused on CIS Pharmaceutical sector providing key trends, insights and market indices.

It bring together a range of expert speakers including providers and commissioners from across PCTs, mental health trusts, the voluntary sector and community care to discover the impact that the Strategy has had on the provision and delivery of dementia services.

Self-directed or personalised care will be the key issue facing care managers, purchasers and providers in 2010, addressed in this 13th annual conference by speakers and through interactive delegate/panel discussions.

It reflect the difficult market conditions and take in opinions from some of the country's leading healthcare analysts, providers and investors as to whether there are grounds for a more optimistic outlook.

It explore the themes of the Adult Autism Strategy and the initial response from consultation on the Strategy, managing the effective transaction to adult services, developing effective care pathways for people with autism, secure care and the development of person centered planning.

It includes fringe meetings, an exhbition area and networking opportunities as well as key debates covering important issues within the acute and mental health sectors.

It offers a forum for chief executives, directors and senior managers from investors, operating companies and others engaged in the European healthcare and medtech services sectors, to hear about recent developments and future trends from people at the forefront of the industry.

It considers the implications of recent changes within local authorities for providers, the future of residential care and whether supported housing can offer better value, new funding streams and the impact of new grants on the supporting people programme.

Speakers discuss the impact of the credit crunch on the sector and the prospects for growth in the current climate. The conference consider whether a genuinely plural market in healthcare can ever be achieved and the independent sector involvement in community based healthcare.