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Hope to meet you there!
Joy Graham


The Fourth Australian Multi-Disciplinary
Conference on Parkinson's Disease

Novotel Langley Hotel, Perth, Western Australia

PROVISIONAL PROGRAM

FRIDAY  12th September 1997
3:00-5:00       Carers Afternoon Tea
5:00-7:00       Registrations,
        Trade Displays, Art Exhibition

SATURDAY        13th September 1997
7:45-8:45       Registrations
8:45-9:00       Welcome  Mr J. Olsen President. Parkinson's Association of WA

9:00-9:45       KEYNOTE ADDRESS: "Best Practice in Parkinson"s Disease"
        Dr Robert Iansek (Victoria)

9:45-10:15      "Genetics and Parkinson's Disease"
        Prof. Allen Roses (USA)

10:15-10:45     Morning tea

10:45-11:00     Launch of GP Manual

11:00-11:30     (a) "The Role of Apomorphine in the Management of the
"On-Off" Phenomena in Late Stage Parkinson's Disease"  Andrew James (WA)

11:00-11:30     (b) "Intimacy, Sexuality & The Couple Living With Parkinson's"
        Prof. Rosemary Coates  (WA)     (presenter: Gareth Merriman)

11:30-12:00     "Surgery for Parkinson's Disease: Deep Brain Stimulation"
        Mr Malcolm Pell (NSW)

12:00-12:30     (a) "Designing the Environment for End-Stage Parkinson's
Disease"
        Gretta Peachment (WA)

12:00-12:30     (b) "Parkinson's and the Internet"
        Celia Jones (Victoria)

12:00-12:30     (c) "Sexuality and Parkinson's Disease: A Workshop for
Health           Professionals"
        Gareth Merriman (WA)

12:30-2:00      Lunch

2:00-2:30       (a) "The Future of Health Promotion Interventions to
Improve The  Health and Well-Being of Carers"
        Dr Jane Barratt (WA)

2:00-2:30       (b) "Nutrition Concerns of People With Parkinson's Disease"
        Kathrynne Holden (Colorado, USA)

2:30-3:00       (a) "Overview of the Use of Deprenyl in Combination with
Levodopa in the Treatment of Early & Mid-Stage  Parkinson's Disease"
         Dr Frank Vajda (Vic.)

2:30-3:00       (b) "Community Education Needs: Issues of Mobility in
Parkinson's Disease"
        Ann Buchan (SA)

3:00-3:30       Afternoon tea

3:30-4:15       (a) "Dilemmas in the Diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease"
        Dr Andrew Hughes (Victoria)

3:30-4:30       (b) "An Assessment Model for a Parkinson's Disease Clinic"
(workshop for health professionals)
        Ann Buchan (SA)

SUNDAY  14 September 1997
8:45-10:00      "Surgery For Parkinson's Disease"
        Dr R. Iansek (Vic.) Dr R. Stell, Mr P.  Watson, Sue Walters (WA)

10:00-10:30     Surgery Forum

10:30-11:00     Morning tea

11:00-11:30     (a) "Searching for Susceptibility Genes for Parkinson's
Disease"
        A/Prof. Garth Nicholson (NSW)

11:00-11:30     (b) "Demystifying the Neurological Examination"
        Dr Rick Stell   (WA)

11:30-12:00     (a) "Lee Silverman Voice Treatment"
        Osborne Park Hospital Staff (WA)

11:30-12:00     (b)"Caring Thoughts: The Role of Carers in the Management
of    Parkinson's Disease"  Barbara Winkler (Victoria)

12:00-12:30     (a) "Painting with Parkinson's"
        Nancy Tingey (ACT)

12:00-12:30     (b) "The Role of an Aged Care Assessment Team with People
with Parkinson's"
        Dr Christine Brassington (Queensland)

12:30-2:00      Lunch

2:00-2:30       "Advances in the Neuropharmacology of Parkinson's Disease"
        Dr Peter Panegyres (WA)

2:30-3:00       (a) "The Courage to Fully Live: The Spirituality of Dis-Ease"
        Dr Loretta do Rozario (WA)

2:30-3:00       (b) "Measurement of the Progression of  Disability"
(Workshop for health professionals)
        Dr Andrew Hughes (Victoria)

3:00-3:30       Afternoon tea

3:30-4:15       (a) "Rhythmic Sensorimotor Facilitation of Gait in Patients
with Parkinson's Disease"
        Dr Gerald McIntosh & Dr M. Thaut (Colorado, USA)

3:30-4:15       (b) "Cognitive Aspects of Parkinson's Disease and
Depression in Parkinson's Disease"  Dr Barry Vieira (WA)

4:15- 4:45      Forum: Dr Iansek, Dr Hughes, Dr Vieira

4:45- 5:00      Closing Ceremony