Finally! Here it is!
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and they will send you registration material and details.
In the meantime, I would be happy to talk to anyone off or on the List
about the Conference.
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
