Program National Dementia Day

Bonnier Conference, Stockholm

Thursday March 5, 2009

08.30-09.30     Coffee. Exhibitons.

09.30 -09.35    Introduction National Dementa Day

Moderator Lars-Olof Wahlund, MD, professor.

09.35-10.15     Patientcentred care.. Impact on daily life care. Differencs from "regular" care. What does the research tell us? David Edwardsson, R.N., PhD.              

10.15-11.00     Behavioural and psychiatric symptoms in demetia. How can they be described, analyzed and dealt with? Insight into a computerized model for follow up.  Eva Granvik, R.N., masters student.

11.00-11.15     Stretcher

11.15-12.00     Long term pharmacological treatment of Alzheimer's disease. What are the long term effects? What are the differences between drugs? What are the long term side effects? How long shall treatment persist?  Åsa Wallin, MD, PhD.

12.00-13.15     Lunch, exhibitions

13.15-14.00     Cognitive testing in primary care and memory clinic. A preliminary report fron a prospective study on  cognitiver testing in primary care settings and memoru clinic comparing MMSE, AQT, and the cognitive screening battery.  Anna Segernäs, MD, resident in primary care medicine, PhD student.

14.00-14.30     The cognitive screening battery.  What does it show? Strengths and weaknesses? How can it be utilized in primary care and memory clinics?  Arto Nordlund, neuropsycholigist, PhD.

14.30.-15.00    Coffee. Exhibitions

15.00-15.45     Lewy Body Demtnia. The forgotten dementia disease. Clinical characteristics. How can these patients be found? Eviddence for pharmacological treatment and care. Elisabet Londos, MD, PhD.  

15.45-16.00       Sumary, future perspectives. Jan Marcusson, MD, professor.