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Brain and Ageing Program Information Day

Brain and Ageing Program Information Day. 1-4pm Saturday 12 th February, 2011. Who are we?. BARP is program of research Based at UNSW with researchers located at Randwick, UNSW, POWH, St Vincent’s, Adelaide, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane

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Brain and Ageing Program Information Day

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  1. Brain and Ageing Program Information Day 1-4pm Saturday 12th February, 2011

  2. Who are we? • BARP is program of research • Based at UNSW with researchers located at Randwick, UNSW, POWH, St Vincent’s, Adelaide, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane • Dementia Collaborative Research Centre Assessment and Better Care, UNSW • Support by NHMRC, Ageing Well/Ageing Productive, ARC, Australian Government National Dementia Initiative

  3. Australia’s ageing population ABS: Population Projections, Australia, 2006 to 2101.

  4. What does it mean to be “old”? At 65 years of age • In 1800, you were dead 27 yrs ago • In 1900, you were dead 12 yrs ago • In 2000, you had 12-15 yrs to go • In 2100, you may be two-thirds through your life Ruthven P (2007)

  5. The Surprise of Old Age “Age takes us by surprise” – Goethe “Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that happen to a man”  - Leon Trotsky “A person is always startled when he hears himself seriously called an old man for the first time”  - Oliver W. Holmes, Sr.

  6. Antediluvian Patriarchs • 10 oldest people on record (according to modern standards) have an age range from 115 to 122 years

  7. Auguste D. - 51 yrs 100 years ago Paul McCartney – 64 yrs John Howard – 67 yrs Hugh Hefner – 80 yrs

  8. No elixirs of youth… yet? • BUT… Can we delay age associated disease? • Can we compress bad health to very end of life? • Especially brain disorders

  9. Brain and Ageing Program Information Day • Information afternoon • Opportunity • to learn more about our research findings • to meet the staff • to meet other participants • 15’ presentations & 10’ questions

  10. Scientia Professor Perminder Sachdev The Sydney Memory and Ageing Study: What have we found so far? • Dr Evelyn Smith-Bergelund Can having a few extra kilos affect your cognition? • Dr Michael Valenzuela Cognitive Lifestyle: What is it? Is it important? How to cultivate it.2.15 – 2.45 pm Afternoon tea

  11. Dr Melissa Slavin Living to 100: Preliminary findings from the Sydney Centenarian Study • Andrea Lammel The latest news from OATS – the Older Australian Twins Study • Professor Henry Brodaty How close is a prevention or cure for Alzheimer’s disease? Closing remarks – Professor Perminder Sachdev

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