The South Eastern Sydney Local Health District’s Older Persons’ Mental Health Service based at Prince of Wales Hospital, in partnership with Randwick City Council, is set to hold its annual forum for the senior community on Wednesday, 25 October, with this year’s theme ‘Better Brains, Better Bodies, Better Ageing’.
The free event, held from 10am to 1pm at The Juniors, Kingsford aligns with this year’s Alzheimer’s Disease International World Alzheimer’s Report message, that up to 40% of projected dementia cases could be delayed or avoided by addressing 12 risk factors.
The forum boasts a program of some of Australia’s pre-eminent academics and leaders in the field of ageing including world-renowned clinician and researcher Professor Henry Brodaty AO, Honorary Medical Officer of the Older Persons’ Mental Health Service.
What can I do to beat anxiety and depression?
Dr Katya Numbers
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA)
Don’t Let Falls Trip You Up: Exercise Tips for Falls Prevention and Healthy Ageing
Professor Kim Delbaere
Senior Principal Research Scientist at NeuRA and Director of Innovation & Translation at the Falls, Balance & Injury Research Centre
Dance, The Best Medicine
Gwen Korebrits
CEO & Co-Founder, Dance Health Alliance Limited
Can the Internet make me Mentally Healthier?
Dr Sandersan Onie
Black Dog Institute and NHMRC Centre for Research
Excellence in Suicide Prevention Post-Doctoral Fellow
Indonesian Association for Suicide Prevention President
Brain health and memory - what is the latest research?
Professor Henry Brodaty
Scientia Professor of Ageing and Mental Health
Honorary Medical Officer, Older Persons Mental Health Service Co-Director, CHeBA (Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing)
REGISTER: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/better-brains-better-bodies-better-ageing-tickets-673681307927
The event is sponsored by the Juniors and South Eastern Local Health District and is hosted in conjunction with Randwick City Council and the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), UNSW Sydney.
