ANZSGM Annual Scientific Meeting 2015

The 2015 ANZSGM Annual Scientific Meeting will be held in Perth in May. The theme for the event is Deconstructing Delirium and Engaging Elders with a specific focus on indigenous health in rural and remote areas.

We are pleased to have two significant keynote speakers - Professor Alasdair Maclullich, University of Edinburgh and Associate Professor Dina LoGiudice, Consultant Physician in Aged Care and visiting Geriatrician at the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service.

Delirium was described by the ancient Greeks, yet we still struggle with managing this prevalent scourge of older people. Alasdair MacLullich is Professor of Geriatric Medicine at Edinburgh University and President of the European Delirium Association. Prof MacLullich will share his paradigm of delirium pathophysiology and detection as well as delirium services with us. 

Providing relevant services to engage with older aboriginal people has been a major endeavour of Associate Professor Dina Logiudice from Melbourne Health and the Victorian Aboriginal Medical Service. She has an extensive background in cross-cultural assessment and will discuss managing geriatric syndromes in aboriginal people including dementia. 

Other plenary topics concern challenging, common clinical issues, which are sometimes neglected. These include: Better management of older people across the acute care interface; Dialysis in older people; Suicide prevention; Epilepsy; and the expanding universe of Teaching Nursing Homes.

In addition to the invited speakers there is the opportunity to submit an abstract for the free paper sessions. So ensure you visit the website and take a look at what is on offer.