Sleep and Healthy Aging Symposium 2018

Sleep and Healthy Aging Symposium is organized by International Psychogeriatric Association (IPA) and will be held from Sep 14 - 15, 2018 at W Hoboken, Hoboken, New Jersey, United States of America.

The target audience for this medical event is psychiatrists, neurologists, geriatricians, primary care physicians, nurses, psychologists, social workers, occupational therapists.

Course Description:
With a focus on sleep and healthy aging, this meeting will feature a distinguished international faculty of experts and will appeal to scientists and clinicians alike. Covering topics from basic science to clinical management, we expect a diverse group of attendees.

The role of sleep in the health, neurology, cognition and mental health of older adults will be presented with ample time for discussion and questions. Opportunities to present new data and innovative clinical protocols in poster form will be provided.

Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this symposium participants will be able to:
• Recognize and discuss ways that sleep changes as people age.
• Show increased knowledge of underlying brain structures serving sleep and wakefulness.
• Identify and detail basic chronobiological mechanisms affecting sleep drive in older adults.
• Describe cognitive processes most sensitive to sleep deprivation.
• Communicate how sleep disruption increases the risk of dementia.
• Distinguish advantages and disadvantages of methodologies for assessing sleep quality in geriatric patients.
• Understand principles for cognitive-behavioral interventions for insomnia in older adults.
• Communicate neurobiological mechanisms relevant to new drug development for sleep disorders.
• Identify diagnostic features for common sleep disorders of older adults
• Recognize elements of a comprehensive assessment and treatment plan for fatigue and daytime sleepiness in older adults.

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.