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Symposium 6 - Psychogeriatrics : Navigating Ageing and Caring

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Symposium 6

Psychogeriatrics : Navigating Ageing and Caring 

Chairperson: Dr CHING Wai-kuen, Director (Strategy and Planning), Hospital Authority, Hong Kong, The People's Republic of China


S6.1 Supporting Carers of Dementia Patients – By Their Sides, From Their Backs, Or In Our Heads? 

Prof Linda LAM Chui-wa 

Professor, Department of Psychiatry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, The People's Republic of China


S6.2 Effects of Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation on Cognitive Functions in Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment

Dr Calvin CHENG Pak-wing 

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, The People's Republic of China 


S6.3 Social Prescribing for Better Mental Health in Old Age

Dr WANG Hua-li 

Chair, Dementia Care and Research Center, Clinical Research Division, Peking University Institute of Mental Health (Sixth Hospital), The People's Republic of China

Symposium
17 May 2024 09:00 AM - 10:15 AM(Asia/Hong_Kong)
Venue : Room 221
20240517T0900 20240517T1015 Asia/Hong_Kong Symposium 6 - Psychogeriatrics : Navigating Ageing and Caring

Symposium 6

Psychogeriatrics : Navigating Ageing and Caring 

Chairperson: Dr CHING Wai-kuen, Director (Strategy and Planning), Hospital Authority, Hong Kong, The People's Republic of China

S6.1 Supporting Carers of Dementia Patients – By Their Sides, From Their Backs, Or In Our Heads? 

Prof Linda LAM Chui-wa 

Professor, Department of Psychiatry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, The People's Republic of China

S6.2 Effects of Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation on Cognitive Functions in Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment

Dr Calvin CHENG Pak-wing 

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, The People's Republic of China 

S6.3 Social Prescribing for Better Mental Health in Old Age

Dr WANG Hua-li 

Chair, Dementia Care and Research Center, Clinical Research Division, Peking University Institute of Mental Health (Sixth Hospital), The People's Republic of China

 Room 221 HA Convention 2024 hac.convention@gmail.com
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Supporting Carers of Dementia Patients – By Their Sides, From Their Backs, Or In Our Heads?

Speaker 09:00 AM - 10:15 AM (Asia/Hong_Kong) 2024/05/17 01:00:00 UTC - 2024/05/17 02:15:00 UTC
Dementia caregiving is easier said than done. The same applies to carer support. Carers of persons living with dementia experienced exceptional demands on physical and mental strength. We believe that there is a reason for carers to carry on despite intense hardships and hurdles. Apart from providing practical logistic help and generic psychological support, we attempt to develop a care support protocol which addresses three main components of dementia caregiving: knowledge on dementia, self-awareness of tension and stress, anticipatory grief management. Caregivers of elders with dementia and mood disorders attended a 10-session carer support program. After intervention, we identified improvements in depressive and anxiety symptoms. It is hoped that the program will help to ignite internal strength for carers who determine to walk by the side and shadow the golden paths of their beloved ones.


Presenters Linda Chiu-wa LAM 林翠華
Professor, The Chinese University Of Hong Kong
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Effects of Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation on Cognitive Functions in Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment

Speaker 09:00 AM - 10:15 AM (Asia/Hong_Kong) 2024/05/17 01:00:00 UTC - 2024/05/17 02:15:00 UTC
Pharmacological treatment the main streams of treatment modalities in modern Psychiatry. There are limited effectiveness and potential alarming side effects of pharmacological approach for the cognitive impairment problems in older adults. In recent decades, non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) has been under the spotlight in mental health research. The most common forms of NIBS are transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS). Besides the aforementioned two most commonly investigated NIBS, there is a new NIBS, Transcranial pulse stimulation (TPS), which uses transcranial shockwave to modulate brain activity. They all have been shown to be a potential tool to bring the benefit. We aim to evaluate the effectiveness and tolerability of these new interventions in this presentation. 


Presenters Calvin Pak-wing CHENG 鄭柏榮
Clinical Assistant Professor, The University Of Hong Kong
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Social Prescribing for Better Mental Health in Old Age

Speaker 09:00 AM - 10:15 AM (Asia/Hong_Kong) 2024/05/17 01:00:00 UTC - 2024/05/17 02:15:00 UTC
The growing population in old age has put great challenges in mental health. However, the response to mental healthcare needs is often fragmented and poorly coordinated. From the view of a complete state model of health, providing continuous holistic care for older adults is necessary to address mental health challenges. Social prescribing has emerged as an approach that enables the link between medical and social care. The feasibility to implement social prescribing for promoting mental well-being will be presented. Also, the preliminary findings of social prescribing in improving older adults’ cognitive performance will be discussed.


Presenters Hua-li WANG 王华丽
Chair, Peking University Institute Of Mental Health (Sixth Hospital)
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