Join Circle Innovation’s CEO Dr. Sylvain Moreno at a panel discussion on Healthy Brain Aging at the Gerontological Society of America’s 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting. This event is the premier annual scientific meeting for cutting-edge scholarship, research, and networking relating to the fields of aging and gerontology.
The 2024 meeting is in Seattle, Washington from November 13-16, 2024 — the theme is “The Fortitude Factor.”
Dr. Moreno and his colleagues from around the world will participate in a discussion panel on Healthy Brain aging.
Healthy Brain Aging: Opportunities & Challenges
Friday, November 15, 2024
8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. PST
Chair
Dr. Andrew Sixsmith, Gerontology, SFU, Canada
Panellists
Dr. Carol Holland, Health Research, Lancaster University, UK
Dr. Walter Boot, Geriatric & Palliative Medicine, Cornell, USA
Dr. Sylvain Moreno, SIAT, SFU, Canada
Dementia and cognitive decline are amongst the greatest challenges of modern times and have a major impact on individuals, families, and society. Although there are currently no effective treatments or cures for dementia-related conditions, there is huge scope for preventative measures to improve brain health as people grow older. By developing and implementing real-world solutions that address known modifiable risk-factors, the decline of cognitive health and the onset of dementia may be delayed or prevented. With the right combination of policies, services and changes in health-related behaviours, it may be possible to expand the healthspan of people, where most people can live healthier, active lives as they grow older. Our interdisciplinary symposium comprises four papers that examine the challenges and opportunities for brain health and healthy aging.
Sylvain Moreno a discusses heterogeneity in neurocognitive aging, challenging the predominantly linear view of cognitive decline with age. Holland and colleagues draw on a Delphi consensus study to explore opportunities for developing Interventions for cognitive frailty, the potential to delay, prevent or reverse cognitive frailty, and how people with lived experience can contribute to clinical and research expertise, White, Sixsmith and Fang explore the role of community-based organisations in supporting healthy aging, focusing on practical strategies for mobilizing community assets and resources to promote healthy aging. Boot, Dilanchian and Kalantari examine the role of technologies to support healthy brain aging, particularly the potential of extended reality technologies to support older people with and without cognitive impairments.
