Friday, October 16

Symposia 16
10:00 - 11:30, Convention Hall II

Social Health and Dementia (INTERDEM Sponsored Symposia)

Myrra Vernooij-Dassen - Social Health and the Potential for New Outcomes to Better Understand Living with Dementia
Martina Roes - Concepts of Autonomy in Person-Centered Dementia Care and Research as an Aspect of Social Health
Murna Downs - Promoting Social Health for People Affected by Dementia: an Online Module for National Health Service Staff
Yun-Hee Jeon - Optimizing Social Health of People Living with Dementia and Family Caregivers Through Person Centered and Reablement Approaches to Care

Symposia 17
10:00 - 11:30, Room 3

Prodromal Dementia with Lewy Bodies

Alan Thomas - Clinical Profile of Prodromal DLB: The Newcastle LewyPro Study
Frédéric Blanc - Cortical Thickness in Dementia with Lewy Bodies and Alzheimer's Disease: a Comparison of Prodromal and Dementia Stages
Paul Donaghy - FP CIT Imaging in Prodromal DLB
Olivier Bousiges - Conventional Alzheimer’s Biomarkers in Cerebrospinal Fluid are Not Pathological in Patients with Prodromal Dementia with Lewy Bodies

Free Communication Session 6
10:00 - 11:30, Room 2

Assessment

Nichole Kochan - Validation and Utility of a Brief Computerised Cognitive Test Battery for Detection of Mild Neurocognitive Disorders and Early Dementia
Yonas Geda - MRI Measures of the Brain and Depressive Symptoms in Normal Cognitive Ageing: A Population-Based Study
Inez Ramakers - The Relation Between Subjective and Objective Cognitive Decline
Simona Sacuiu - Brain Morphological Changes Associated with Subjective Cognitive Functioning in Nondemented 85-Year-Olds
Tsuo-Hung Lan - Near Infrared Spectrometry Application on Dementia with Depression
Marijke Span - Experiences in Dementia Care Networks in Using an Interactive Web Tool for Shared Decision Making

Symposia 18
10:00 - 11:30, Room 1

Clinically Significant Issues in Late-Life Anxiety Presentations and Interventions

 

Nancy Pachana (Chair)
Gerard J. Byrne - Which is Worse in Late Life, Depression or Anxiety?
Richard Oude Voshaar - Suicide in Late-Life Anxiety Disorder; a Challenge for Clinical Practice
Nancy Pachana - Mindfulness to Combat Anxiety in People with Parkinson's Disease
Sébastien Grenier - Multicomponent Intervention Strategies for Managing Fear of Falling and Related Anxiety in Older People

 

IPA Member Forum
10:00 - 11:30

Shared Interest: Young Onset Dementia (YOD)

Come to this IPA Member Forum and share your concerns about Young Onset Dementia as well as identify opportunities to collaborate within the field.

YOD IPA Member Forum Chairs:
Raymond Koopmans, Co-Chair (the Netherlands)
Florence Pasquier, Co-Chair (France)

IPA Member Forum
11:30 - 13:00

Regional Initiative Forums: Asia Pacific

The IPA Regional Initiative Forums connect members in specific areas of the world with the goal of encouraging the development and advancement of the field of Psychogeriatrics. Network with others from the region to exchange information, identify issues specific to the region, and facilitate/coordinate projects.

IPA Member Forum
11:30 - 13:00

Regional Initiative Forums: Africa

The IPA Regional Initiative Forums connect members in specific areas of the world with the goal of encouraging the development and advancement of the field of Psychogeriatrics. Network with others from the region to exchange information, identify issues specific to the region, and facilitate/coordinate projects.

IPA Member Forum
11:30 - 13:00

Regional Initiative Forums: Eastern Europe

The IPA Regional Initiative Forums connect members in specific areas of the world with the goal of encouraging the development and advancement of the field of Psychogeriatrics. Network with others from the region to exchange information, identify issues specific to the region, and facilitate/coordinate projects.

IPA Member Forum
11:30 - 13:00

Regional Initiative Forums: Ibero Latin America

The IPA Regional Initiative Forums connect members in specific areas of the world with the goal of encouraging the development and advancement of the field of Psychogeriatrics. Network with others from the region to exchange information, identify issues specific to the region, and facilitate/coordinate projects.

Symposia 19
13:00 - 14:30, Room 1

Invited Symposia : Adequate Treatment of Depressive Disorder in Late Life

Ken Laidlaw - Overview
Akihiko Nunomura - Alzheimer's Disease-Related Changes in Elderly Patients with Depression: Possible Reversal by Brain Stimulation
Andres Losada - Psychotherapeutic Strategies for Reducing Depressive Symptoms in Dementia Family Caregivers
Naoko Kishita - Age-Appropriate Augmented CBT for Late-Life Depression
Christina Röcke - The Intraindividual Dynamics of Emotions in Everyday Life: Insights Regarding Depression in Adulthood and Old Age

Symposia 20
13:00 - 14:30, Convention Hall II

Access to Timely Formal Care: the EU Actifcare Project

Marjolein de Vugt (Chair)
Prof Frans Verhey - Background and Rationale of the Actifcare Project
Dr Astrid Stephan - Access to Formal Dementia Care : Results from a Systematic Review and a European Focus Group Study
Manuel Gonçalves-Pereira - Access to Timely Care in Portugal as Compared to Other European Countries

Free Communication Session 7
13:00 - 14:30, Room 2

Caregiver Issues & Anxiety

Petra Borsje - Burden of Informal Caregivers and Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of People with Dementia in Primary Care
Siobhan O'Dwyer - Homicidal Ideation in Family Carers of People with Dementia
Katrin Maria Seeher - Caregiver Burden and Psychological Distress in Study Partners of Older People with Normal Cognitive Function, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and Dementia
Anne-Nicole Casey - “I Had Friends When We Were Young”: Social Interactions of Residents with Moderate to Severe Dementia In a Nursing Home
Ramin Nilforooshan - The Natural Course of Anxiety Disorders in the Elderly: a Systematic Review of Longitudinal Trials

Symposia 21
13:00 - 14:30, Room 3

ECT in Old Age Psychiatry: New Insights and Recent Developments

Declan McLoughlin (Co-Chair) - The Impact of Age on Cognitive Deficits Following ECT for Depression - Results from the Effect-Dep Trial
Filip Bouckaert (Co-Chair) - The Relationship Between Hippocampal Volume, Mood and Serum BNDF Following ECT in Late Life Depression: a Longitudinal Study
Annemiek Dols - Mood Disorders in Elderly Treated with Electroconvulsive Therapy (Modect), a Two-Site Longitudinal Study: Preliminary Clinical Results
Rob Kok - Vascular Risk Factors in Elderly Patients with Depression: Outcome of Electroconvulsive Therapy Versus Medication

Symposia 22
15:00 - 16:30, Convention Hall II

Advances in Home Based Dementia Care (EAGP ponsored/hosted)

Afifa Qazi (Chair) - Changing Practice to Reduce Admissions for People with Dementia
Martin Orrell - Understanding the Causes and Solutions for Crises in Dementia
Manuel Franco - Assistive Technologies to Support Independent Living in People with Dementia: the Experience in Urban and Rural Areas of Zamora, Spain
Güenter Klug - Home Care in Dementia
Nele Spruytte - Online Psycho-Education to Empower Caregives of People with Dementia in the Management of Night-Time Agitation (OPEC-D)

Symposia 23
15:00 - 16:30, Room 2

Quality of Life and Activities from Nursing Home Residents: Empirical Results from Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany

Rebecca Palm - Quality of Life of Nursing Home Residents with Dementia: is the Change Over Two Years Associated to the Concept of the Nursing Home or the Care Unit?
Bram de Boer - Daily Lives of People with Dementia: Development of the Maastricht Electronic Daily Life Observation Tool
Hanneke Beerens - Living with Dementia in a Long-Term Care Facility: Self-Reported Quality of Life and Real-Time Observations of Daily Life
Lien van Malderen - Active Ageing in the Nursing Home: the Importance and Experienced Realization of Meaningful Leisure and the Influence on Quality of Life
Elise Cornelis - Mission Accomplished? Active Ageing in Nursing Homes: a New Approach to Enable Meaningful Activities and Quality of Life

Free Communication Session 8
15:00 – 16:30, Room 3

Mood Disorders

Janine Stein - The Assessment of Needs in the Oldest Old with and without Depression Using the German Version of the Camberwell Assessment of Need for the Elderly (Cane): Results of the Agemoode Study
Sofia Zarate Escudero - Suicide in Centenarians: the International Landscape
Dae Jong Oh - Suicidality-Based Prediction of Suicide Attempts in a Community-Dwelling Elderly
Jorge Cuevas - Catatonia in Elderly People: Correlation with Psychopathology and Cognition

Symposia 24
15:00 - 16:30, Room 1

Towards a Consensus Statement of Training in Old Age Psychiatry Across Europe

Richard Oude Voshaar - Geriatric Psychiatry Training in the Netherlands
Hans Gutzmann - The situation of Psychogeriatric Training in Germany
Karin Sparring Björkstén - Old Age Psychiatry Training in Sweden
Manuel Franco & Raimundo Mateos - Training in Psychogeriatrics; the Spanish Perspective