Ageing Not All Doom and Gloom: Healthy and Successful Ageing

March 3rd, 2008 - Media Statement

The Western Australian Centre for Health and Ageing is delighted to invite you to their first Symposium Series for 2008 'Ageing Not All Doom and Gloom: Healthy and Successful Ageing'. Launching the symposium series will be Professor Ingmar Skoog, an international dementia expert.

Professor Skoog is the Director of the Neuropsychiatric Epidemiology Research group of Psychiatry at the Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden and is a world-renowned expert in dementia and other mental health issues facing the ageing population.

He has shared his expert knowledge with global groups including The World Health Organisation, European Union, British Medical Research Council and the Harvard School of Public Health, and has been the recipient of a growing number of prestigious awards, including the Zenith Fellows Award from the Alzheimer's Association and the Danish Strömgren prize in psychiatry.

Professor Skoog has been involved in the world's longest running population study and was the first to report on the link between vascular disease risk factors and dementia. He continues to explore vascular, genetic and hormonal factors linked to dementia and other mental health disorders in the ageing population.

The Symposium will be held on Friday 28th March 2008 between 1.30pm and 4.30pm at the Bruce Hunt Lecture Theatre, Royal Perth Hospital, Wellington Street, Perth. To reserve your seat, please email wacha@uwa.edu.au or call 9224 2993 by Friday 21st March 2008.

Symposium Schedule

1.30 - 1.50 pm	Professor Leon Flicker Director Western Australian Centre for Health & Ageing and Professor of Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Western Australia Introduction
1.50 - 2.50 pm	Professor Ingmar Skoog Director of the of the Neuropsychiatric Epidemiology Research group of Psychiatry at the Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden Understanding the role of vascular disease and its impact on risk factors associated with dementia
2.50 - 3.20 pm	Afternoon Tea
3.20 - 3.40 pm	Professor Osvaldo P. Almeida Director of Research Western Australian Centre for Health & Ageing and Professor and Chair of Geriatric Psychiatry at the University of Western Australia Why do older people get blue?
3.40 - 4.00 pm	Professor Nicola Lautenschlager Professor of Old Age Psychiatry School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Western Australia, WACHA Principal Investigator Sharpening the mind: why do older people get forgetful and how can we stop it?
4.00 - 4.30 pm	Closing Remarks