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Elder Learners An Association of Life Long Learners Lectures are held at St Mary's University. You will find yourself engrossed in one of our many fascinating lectures with entertaining and well-informed presenters who make their stories come alive. Come and enjoy the fellowship and stimulating topics on lecture day. A further advantage of membership is your invitation to join in the fun of tours, visiting interesting locations in the company of friends. Fall 2019 Lectures Winter 2020 Lectures DEMENTIA/FRAILTY AND NEW RESEARCH. Lindsay Wallace, Geriatric Medicine, Dalhousie University. Saturday, January 18th, 2020. McNally Theatre - 9:45am THE UNDERWATER WORLD: WHALES, SHARKS, RAYS, etc. Dr. Chris Harvey-Clark, Dalhousie University. Saturday, February 22nd, 2020. McNally Theatre - 9:45am LYME DISEASE, TICKS, NEW RESEARCH Jane Bailey,Mount Allison University . Saturday, March 28th, 2020. McNally Theatre - 9:45 am |
DEMENTIA/FRAILTY AND NEW RESEARCH.
Lindsay Wallace, Geriatric Medicine, Dalhousie University. Saturday, January 18th, 2020. McNally Theatre - 9:45am As the average age of our population continues to increase, age-related conditions are at the forefront of medical research. In this talk Lindsay will review the causes, symptoms, and treatments of dementia, discuss what frailty is and how it interacts with disease in later life, and consider the latest research on how frailty impacts dementia and what this means for prevention. Lindsay is a PhD student in Interdisciplinary Studies at Dalhousie University, working under the well-known dementia expert, Dr. Kenneth Rockwood. Lindsay holds a BSc in Psychology from Dalhousie, and a MSc in Neuroscience from McGill. Lindsay’s research uses insights from epidemiology, statistics and neuroscience to better understand how dementia arises, and how frailty and neuropathology contribute to the expression of dementia. |
If you would like to attend the January talk, please contact Elderlearners c/o Jennifer MacKeigan at j.mackeigan@bellaliant.net, or phone at 902-883-9766. Membership for the year is $20, and the fee for each lecture is $20 for members and $25 for non-members, including coffee break and lunch. Click the link below to download the registration form.
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