National Dementia Research Forum

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National Dementia Research Forum 2009

Hosted by the Dementia Collaborative Research Centres (DCRCs), the Annual National Dementia Research Forum will be held at the Wesley Conference Centre in Sydney on 24-25 September 2009.

The theme of the Forum is ‘Translating Research into Practice’ and there will be an emphasis on how lessons from academia can translate into best practice at the clinical coalface. The Forum will showcase the latest research in diagnosis, treatment and management of dementia, as well as providing updates on drug treatments, prevention of dementia and maintaining quality of life with dementia.

This unique event will bring together a diverse group of participants, including health professionals, aged care workers, researchers, clinicians, service providers, carers and people with dementia.

We are delighted to announce that The Hon. Justine Elliot MP, Minister for Ageing, will open the Forum.

There will be presentations by prominent local and international key note speakers on a wide range of topics. Including,

Providing dementia care in the community: an evidence based approach
Professor Constantine Lyketsos
Elizabeth Plank Althouse Professor
The Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Centre, USA

Dementia in Indigenous People
Professor GA (Tony) Broe
Senior Principal Research Fellow and Professor of Geriatric Medicine
University of New South Wales

Knowledge Translation in Dementia
Dr Sue Phillips
Executive Director
National Institute of Clinical Studies

Advances in Drug Treatments of Alzheimer’s disease
Associate Professor Michael Woodward
Director, Aged and Residential Care
Austin Health

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Call for Poster Abstracts

Abstracts are now being sought for the Forum and this year we are excited to announce that accepted abstracts will be published in Alzheimer's &
Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association.

For full details please see the 'Call for abstracts' page of this website.

CLOSING DATE: 5pm Friday 5 June 2009