Healthy Ageing: transitioning from a disease model
Tuesday, 05 March 2024 -
Time: 6:00pm-8:30pm
Venue: 313 Payneham Road, Royston Park South Australia 5070
As the percent of the population over 65 years increases, so too does the percent of those with chronic diseases, consuming the ever diminishing resources. Yet the remarkable advances in epidemiological, mechanistic and translational information provides the knowledge needed to transition from a disease based model to a personalised preventative one which is inclusive of individual, collective and planetary wellbeing. We have the knowledge-it is time to use it. The current disease model is simply inefficient, inequitable, unethical and unsustainable.
Learning Outcomes
- Why ageing into wellbeing matters - epidemiology, translational and mechanistic background
- Transitioning from a disease centred medical approach to a personalised preventative model
- Mental hygiene as an approach to ageing
- Strategies to increase wellbeing as we age
- Neurobiology of ageing and mechanisms for change
- Depression - importance of assessment, and treatment including the use of medication.