PRACTICE SPOTLIGHT – FUNCTIONAL COGNITION EXPLAINED

SESSION OVERVIEW 

Join us for this session as we put functional cognition for older adults under the spotlight.  We will explore why it is so important for OTs to know what functional cognition is, consider ways to assess it, and highlight strategies that ensure interventions for older adults are tailored to meet cognitive abilities and support independence and meaningful participation. 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

This session will: 

• Explore what functional cognition is and what it is not 

• Highlight the latest research on functional cognition with older adults

• Discuss assessment approach to assessing functional cognition with older adults 

• Standardised vs non standardised assessments 

• Detecting subtle impairment 

• Performance based vs self/ informant report 

• Provide insights into practical tips and tools that you can use and implement into your practice with older adults

• Use case examples of older adults to illustrate concepts and share knowledge 

• Feature a Q&A section to allow you to have your questions answered 

Don't miss out on this opportunity to elevate your practice and make a significant impact on how you approach functional cognition with older adults. 

This session is suitable for: 

Suitable for OTs at any career stage.

PRESENTERS 

    Jacki Wesson 

Jacki has expertise in functional cognition, performance-based IADL assessment in mild cognitive impairment and dementia, and non-pharmacological behaviour support for people living with dementia across the continuum of ability. She has more than 20 years of clinical experience in health settings, including memory clinic and older people’s mental health, working in hospitals, community, and residential aged care, and in policy.

Jacki is a senior lecturer in occupational therapy and early career researcher (ECR) at University of Sydney. Current funded projects she is leading include behaviour support for people living with dementia in residential care, and evaluating functional cognition screening in older people living with subtle functional change, and as part of a small ECR team, developing co-designed medication management resources for people living with dementia and their carers.

     Katya Numbers 

Katya is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Lecturer at the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) within the Discipline of Psychiatry & Mental Health. Her work focuses on modifiable lifestyle factors associated with increased risk of dementia and identifying behavioural indicators of very early dementia. Specifically, her work focuses largely on the relationship between older adults’ self-reports of cognitive and function decline and risk of dementia, how mood and personality influence these relationships, and early intervention strategies.  

DATE: 

21 August 2024 (Wednesday)

TIME: 

Presentation Commences: 

• 4:00pm | VIC, NSW, QLD, ACT, TAS | 

• 3:30pm | SA, NT |  

• 2:00pm | WA |  

The session will run for approximately 90 minutes. 

Please login 10 minutes before the scheduled presentation time  

RECORDING ACCESS: 

This session will be recorded.  A link to the recording will be provided following the event completion. Attendance at the live event is encouraged.  

REGISTRATION FEES 

EARLYBIRD – Book on or before 4 August 2024 

OTA Member: $54 

OTA Student/New Graduate Member: $49 

Non-member: $70 

STANDARD – Book on or after 5 August 2024 

OTA Member: $60 

OTA Student/New Graduate Member: $54 

Non-Member: $78 

RSVPS close 19 August 2024 

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VENUE 

This is a 100% virtual event. You will receive an email with details to access the event two days ahead of the scheduled event date. 

DISCLAIMER 

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