The Concurrent Panel Sessions 1 focuses on Patient-specific challenges of ACP in the field of Dementia and Geriatrics. Chairs are Karen Dening and Jane Seymour. The Speakers are Karen Dening (Understanding the preferences of People with dementia and their Family carers), Carla Arkless (Incorporating ACP into the care of residents in a dementia unit), Scott A. Fraser (Not competent but not silent - a Pilot study of ACP with dementia patients), Deirdre Fetherstonaugh (Making decisions on behalf of People with dementia - how do proxies do it) and Deirdre Shanager (Dying to talk - facilitating discussions on future and end-of-life care with People who have dementia).