ID #17 Workshop:
Tracks
Shiraz Room B
| Thursday, November 7, 2019 |
| 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM |
| Shiraz Room B |
Presentation
Memory group interventions for older adults: Evidence-base, research translation, and practical application.
Overview
The workshop runs from 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM, including a 30 minute morning tea break
Presenter(s)
Dr Kerryn Pike
La Trobe University
Memory group interventions for older adults: Evidence-base, research translation, and practical application.
8:30 AM - 12:00 PMSummary
There is increasing demand for neuropsychological interventions for older adults. The LaTCH memory management program is an evidence-based group intervention, with over 10 years of research and implementation behind it. In this workshop, participants will gain knowledge regarding the evidence for neuropsychological interventions with older adults, how an intervention can be translated into various clinical settings, and what are the barriers and facilitators of this translation. They will also gain knowledge regarding specific challenges to successful implementation in clinical practice, and will actively brainstorm ways to mitigate these. Older adults present unique cognitive profiles due to environmental influences, genetic vulnerabilities, mental health, and accumulated lifestyle choices. This leads to diverse health outcomes, risk factors, and resilience to the challenges of cognitive ageing. These individual differences in cognitive resources, and in particular memory, require a range of different approaches for optimal outcomes. Participants will engage in exercises to develop their skills around teaching memory strategies to older adults, troubleshooting difficulties, and how to effectively support their implementation into daily life.
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Dr Pike is a Senior Research Fellow and Clinical Neuropsychologist based in the School of Psychology and Public Health at La Trobe University. She also works privately as an associate at Yarra City Psychology, Richmond. She was awarded a Tracey Banivanua Mar Research Fellowship in 2019. Dr Pike has published 48 papers, and 1 book chapter, and received over $900, 000 in research funding, primarily in the area of ageing and dementia. Dr Pike is one of the founders of the LaTCH memory management program, and has been involved in facilitating groups, evaluating their impact, and models of translation to practice.
Dr Mary Castellani
Clinical Neuropsychologist
Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age |The University of Melbourne
Memory group interventions for older adults: Evidence-base, research translation, and practical application.
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM.....
Dr Castellani is a Clinical Neuropsychologist working in private practice part-time, and also as a research assistant at Melbourne University.
