Thursday, October 15

Symposia 10
10:15 - 11:45, Room 3

TAU Imaging

John O'Brien (Chair)
Nobuyuki Okamura - TAU PET Imaging with THK TAU Tracers
Christopher Rowe - TAU Imaging in Dementia - Challenges and Achievements
Brad Dickerson - TAU PET Imaging in Neurodegenerative Dementias

Symposia 11
10:15 - 11:45, Convention Hall II

Junior Research Awards

David Ames (Chair)
Mark Oldham - Cognitive and Functional Status Predictors of Delirium and Delirium Severity After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: an Interim Analysis of the Neuropsychiatric Outcomes After Heart Surgery Study
Timo Grimmer - Trends of Patient Referral to a Memory Clinic and Towards Earlier Diagnosis from 1985-2009
Donnamay Brown - Sleep and Agitation in Nursing Home Residents with and without Dementia

Free Communication Session 4
10:15 - 11:45, Room 2

Active Ageing

Seb Koehler - Development and Validation of a New Index for Quantifying a Brain-Healthy Lifestyle: The Innovative Midlife Intervention for Dementia Deterrence (In-Mindd) Study
Nichole Saunders - Increasing Cognitive Reserve in Older Adults Attending University Enhances Language Capacity, But Not Executive Function, Episodic Memory, or Working Memory: The Tasmanian Healthy Brain Project
David Ward - Social Engagement is More Important for Memory Function in Older than Middle Aged Adults
Catherine Grotz - Impact of Factors Related to Retirement Transition on Cognitive Functioning: Results From the Ami Study
Henry Brodaty - Stability of Life Satisfaction in Community Dwelling Older Adults
Naheed Mukadam - What Would Encourage Help-Seeking for Memory Problems Amongst South Asians? A Qualitative Study

Symposia 12
10:15 - 11:45, Room 1

The Art of Becoming a Leader in Geriatrics Psychiatry: Learn from the Experts

Tatyana Shteinlukht & Luanne Thorndyke - An interactive workshop on leadership skills and how to influence others

Symposia 13
13:30 - 15:00, Room 1

Care Concepts for Challenging Behavior

Helen Kales - Care Concepts for Challenging Behavior (overview)
Henry Brodaty - Strategies for Helping People with BPSD
Claudia Cooper - The START (STrAtegies for RelaTives) Intervention: Randomised Controlled trial and Implementation
Ann Kolanowski - Wish We Would Have Known That!

Symposia 14
13:30 - 15:00, Convention Hall II

Use and Misuse of Alcohol and Pyschotropic Drugs Among Older People

Aud Johannessen - Older Peoples’ Narratives of Use and Misuse of Alcohol and Psychotropic Drugs
Anne-Sofie Helvik - Use and Misuse of Alcohol and Psychotropic Drugs Among Older People: Is that an Issue When Services are Planned for and Implemented?
Richard Oude Voshaar - Benzodiazepine Dependence and Treatment Strategies
Brian Draper - Barriers and Facilitators to Accessing Specialist Drug & Alcohol Services for Older People with Risky Substance Use

Free Communication Session 5
13:30 - 15:00, Room 2

Dementia Over the Life Span

Torhild Holthe - Early Intervention for Early Stage of Dementia
Monica Cations - What is the Role of Modifiable Environmental and Lifestyle Risk Factors in Young Onset Dementia?
Kylie Radford - Let’s Start at the Beginning: Childhood Adversity and Late-Life Outcomes in a Community Sample of Aboriginal Australians
Jochen René Thyrian - Utilisation of Physician Care, Therapies and Aids in People with Dementia Cared for In Dementia Networks

Symposia 15
13:30 - 15:00, Room 3

Advanced Imaging Methods as Biomarkers for Dementia and Neurodegeneration

David Ames - Results from PET imaging in the Australian Imaging Biomarkers and Lifestyle (AIBL) Flagship Study
Paul Donaghy - Amyloid PET imaging as a Tool to Investigate Neurobiological Changes in Lewy Body Dementia
Professor John O’Brien - Diffusion Imaging as a Biomarker for Lewy Body Dementias

IPA Member Forum
16:45 - 17:45

Professional Discipline Forum: Psychologists

IPA’s Psychologists Professional Discipline Forum is a place within IPA for psychologists to come together to discuss ideas and initiatives, and to network with colleagues internationally. It is a place to showcase psychological research and clinical interventions to promote better mental health for older adults.

IPA Member Forum
16:45 - 17:45

Professional Discipline Forum: Occupational Therapists

The IPA Occupational Therapists Professional Discipline Forum is an excellent opportunity to share knowledge, experiences, information and concerns related to the mental health of the elderly.

Professional Discipline Forum: Social Workers

The IPA Social Workers Professional Discipline Forum is a group dedicated to raising awareness of social work, social factors, and social science relating to geriatric mental health issues. This Forum has a strong networking and communications structure that supports the sharing of experiences, information and knowledge as well as documenting professional social work.

IPA Member Forum
16:45 - 17:45

Professional Discipline Forum: Nurses

The IPA Nurses Professional Discipline Forum offers and exciting opportunity for nurses to share unique perspectives and challenges regarding mental health and ageing related issues. This session is intended to enhance nursing knowledge and perspectives in the field of geriatric mental health, enhancing the communications structure through which nurses can share experiences, information and knowledge, and help to attract and mentor the next generation of geriatric mental health nurses.

IPA Member Forum
16:45 - 17:45

Professional Discipline Forum: Primary Care Physicians

The IPA Primary Care Physicians Professional Discipline Forum is a wonderful opportunity for colleagues from around the world interested in General, Geriatric, and Family Medicine to share the unique perspectives and challenges presented to them in geriatric mental health and other ageing related issues.