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Rural Reach Webinar - Anxiety, Behaviours in Dementia and Social Isolation and Loneliness among Older Adults: Highlights from Three New Canadian Clinical Guidelines

When
29-May-2024
8:00 PM
Location
Zoom - The link will be in the confirmation email

Registration

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General Admission – $50.00
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Unlocking Insights: Journey into Senior Mental Health with Experts! Join us for an engaging webinar featuring Dr. David Conn, Dr. Andrea laboni, and Dr. Jennifer Watt from the Canadian Coalition for Seniors' Mental Health. Explore their latest endeavours in senior mental health advocacy and research in this 60-minute session, followed by a dynamic 30-minute Q&A.

Can't make it live? No worries! The session will be recorded and shared with registered attendees.

Please note, this is not an accredited event.

Date: Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Time: 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) [click to convert to your local time]
Location: Zoom - The link will be in the confirmation email

Free for SRPC Members / $50 for General Admission

Event Description:

Over the last two years, the Canadian Coalition for Seniors’ Mental Health (CCSMH) focused its attention on developing three new national clinical guidelines: 1) the assessment and treatment of anxiety in older adults; 2) the assessment and management of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia, and; 3) social isolation and loneliness in older adults. This webinar, featuring the guidelines’ clinical leads, will provide an overview of the processes for developing the guidelines as well as highlights of some of the key recommendations.

CCSMH is a national non-profit organization affiliated with the Canadian Academy of Geriatric Psychiatry. Funding for the development of these guidelines was provided by the Public Health Agency of Canada (anxiety and BPSD) and an anonymous foundation (social isolation and loneliness).

Learning Objectives:

Understand the processes used for developing the three clinical guidelines.
Become familiar with the key topics and recommendations for each of the three guidelines.
Consider how to move these recommendations into clinical practice.

Presenters:

Name

Credentials

Bio

Dr. David Conn

M.B., B.Ch., BAO, FRCPC

Baycrest Academy for Research & Education

Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto

Dr. Conn is the vice-president of Education and inaugural director of the Centre for Education and Knowledge Exchange in Aging at Baycrest, and a professor in the department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. He is the founding co-chair of the Canadian Coalition for Seniors’ Mental Health. Dr. Conn is executive co-sponsor of The Ontario CLRI. Dr. Conn led the development of the first Canadian Clinical Guidelines on Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults released in February 2024.

Dr. Andrea laboni

MD, DPhil, FRCPC

Geriatric Psychiatrist and Medical Lead, Seniors Mental Health, University Health Network

Senior Scientist, KITE, Toronto Rehab Research Institute

Associate Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Toronto

Dr. Andrea Iaboni is a geriatric psychiatrist and Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. She is also a Senior Scientist at the KITE research institute, Toronto Rehab, University Health Network. She is the medical lead for the Seniors Mental Health division and for the Specialized Dementia unit at UHN. She co-led the development of the Canadian guidelines for the assessment and treatment of anxiety in older adults released in January 2024.

Dr. Jennifer Watt

MD, PhD, FRCPC

Geriatrician, St. Michael's Hospital and Providence Healthcare, Toronto, Ontario

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto

Scientist, Knowledge Translation Program, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute

Adjunct Scientist, ICES

Dr. Jennifer Watt is a geriatrician and clinician-scientist at St. Michael's Hospital and Providence Healthcare in Toronto and an assistant professor at the University of Toronto. She completed medical school at the University of Ottawa, residency in internal medicine at Western University, and residency in geriatric medicine and PhD in clinical epidemiology and healthcare research at the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on improving the care of older adults with geriatric syndromes. Dr. Watt co-led the development of the Canadian Clinical Practice Guidelines for Assessing and Managing Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia released in March 2024.

The CCSMH strives every day to promote seniors' mental health by connecting people, ideas and resources. If you would like to support our work, please visit: www.ccsmh.ca/donate/

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