This lecture will address the evidence linking sleep and circadian disturbance with cognitive impairment and neurodegenerative disease including mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and Dementia with Lewy Bodies.
It will cover practical ways to assess for sleep disturbance and the current optimal methods of treatment.
Professor Naismith is a Clinical Neuropsychologist, NHMRC Dementia Leadership Fellow and Leonard P Ullman Chair in Psychology at the University of Sydney. Her Healthy Brain Ageing Program focuses on modifiable risk factors and interventions for cognitive decline and dementia. She has co-authored > 230 papers, and has been cited >7800 times. She is a Chief Investigator on grants totalling $27.5million including the national Australian Dementia Network and leads a new Centre of Research Excellence to optimise sleep in neurodegenerative disease.
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At any time, you can visit your DTA Profile to access your active courses, view your pending course enrolments, view your completed courses and download a Certificate. You can also manage your personal details and change your password.
COURSES
Certificates are available in your DTA Profile.
Please allow 5 business days from the day you completed your course, for a Certificate to become available.
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All of DTA’s online courses are FREE.Dementia Training Australia is supported by funding from the Australian Government under the Dementia and Aged Care Services fund.
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At this time, you can also access/commence your course by visiting your DTA Profile > My Courses > Current Courses > Click green Go to Course button
Course enrolments are approved on the morning of the course start date.
Once this process has occurred, you will receive an email containing information on how to get started.
At this time, you can also access/begin your course by visiting your DTA Profile > My Courses > Current Courses > Click green Go to Course button.
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Not at this time.
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