Respected colleagues, dear friends
I kindly invite you on a workshop Aging of People with Intellectual Disabilities at Faculty of Phylosophi in Skopje on March 15, 2010.
AGENDA
8:00 – 9:00 Registration
9:00 – 9:15 Introductory remarks
(Dr. Vladimir Trajkovski - University “St. Kiril and Metodij”)
9:15 – 10:30 Overview of aging and intellectual disabilities
(Dr. Matthew P. Janicki – University of Illinois at Chicago, USA)
Ď Demographics and impact of aging population
Ď Common universal issues and concerns
Ď Services, supports and means of helping
10:30– 11:00 Overview of mental health and aging
(Dr. Antonia Coppus)
Dementia
• Definition and Diagnostic Criteria
• Clinical Picture
• Epidemiology of the Dementias and Alzheimer’s disease
11:00 – 11:15 Break
11:15 – 12:30
Diagnosis of Dementia
• Diagnostic Tools
• Risk factors and Mortality
Treatment and Management
• Common Medical problems
• Common Psychiatric/ Behavioural problems
• Clinical Decisions in Practice
12:30 – 13:00 Genetic basis of Alzheimer disease
(Dr. Vladimir Trajkovski – University “Ss.Cyril and Methodius, Macedonia)
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 14:30 Condition and perspectives of Alzheimer disease in Macedonia
(Dragan Ilievski, M.D. – President of Alzheimer Society, Macedonia)
14:30 – 15:45 Overview of family quality of life and aging
(Dr. Roy I. Brown – University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada)
Ď Family issues in lifespan caregiving
Ď Family quality of life
Ď Planning for the future
15:45 – 16:30 Questions and answers
Participant discussion with presenters
Post je objavljen 18.02.2010. u 20:12 sati.