University of Sydney College of Health Sciences
Presents
Ageing and Health Research Program Series
Ageing Differently: Potential and Limits, Findings from the Berlin Ageing Study (BASE)*
by
Jacqui Smith
Deputy Director of International Max Planck Research Network on Ageing
Tuesday 13 September 2005
10:30am - 11:30am
Main Lecture Theatre
Clinical Sciences Building (20)
Concord Hospital
Hospital Road
Concord NSW
(Map: http://www.chs.usyd.edu.au/ageing/resources/CRGH_Map.pdf)
11:30am - 12.00pm
Refreshments and a chance to talk

Hosted by Professor David le Couteur
Director, Centre for Education and Research into Ageing (CERA)

Booking is essential for catering numbers
Please RSVP to Grant Cruchley at grantc@chs.usyd.edu.au
by COB 9 September 2005

*BASE is a project conducted by several Berlin institutions in collaboration and is sponsored by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences' interdisciplinary research group "Aging and Societal Development"

About Jacqui Smith...
Jacqui Smith is a Senior Research Scientist in the Centre for Lifespan Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, and Professor of Psychology at the Free University of Berlin, where she coordinated a doctoral program on the Psychiatry and Psychology of Ageing from 1999 to 2004. She is currently also Deputy Director of the International Max Planck Research Network on Ageing, established in 2004, which integrates senior and young researchers in humanities and human sciences from nine Max Planck Institutes in Germany with researchers from the Karilinska Institute in Stockholm and the University of Virginia. She is a lifespan psychologist, and a graduate of the University of Sydney (BA (Hons), Macquarie University (PhD) and the Free University (Habilitation).

Her research focus is on psychological well-being and cognitive development and change in adulthood and ageing and encompasses experimental studies as well as longitudinal survey methods. In particular, she is known for her research associated with the longitudinal and multidisciplinary Berlin Ageing Study (BASE), in which she co-directed the Psychology Unit together with Paul B. Baltes

Dementia: Can it be prevented?

Friday 16 September 2005
10:00 - 11:30am

Northern Sydney Education Centre, North Ryde

Hosted by Alzheimer's Australia NSW
www.alzheimers.org.au

[Please book your place by returning the completed form below directly to Lewis Kaplan, Chief Executive, Alzheimer's Australia NSW, PO Box 6042, North Ryde NSW 1670.]

September 2005 launches a new community education program of Alzheimer's Australia based on the best available medical evidence about what may reduce the risk of developing dementia. Devised in conjunction with a team of Australian geriatricians and psycho-geriatricians, the program identifies what you can do to keep your brain healthier as you age.

"We want to make the community aware that keeping your brain healthy is as important as keeping your body healthy. The strategies we are promoting help both the body and the brain. We will publish a consumer brochure outlining the strategies, which will be distributed to various community groups and the media.
We will also publish a research paper, Dementia: Can it be prevented? by Assoc Prof Michael Woodward, in association with Prof Henry Brodaty,
Assoc Prof Marc Budge, Assoc Prof Gerard Byrne, Professor Leon Flicker,
Dr Jane Hecker and Dr Srikanth Velandai".

Associate Professor Marc Budge, Director of Geriatric Medicine, Medical School at the Canberra Hospital, will conduct this briefing for dementia care professionals to help answer any questions that may arise from this program.
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