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Professor Susan Kurrle

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Professor Susan Kurrle
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Susan is an academic geriatrician practising at Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital in northern Sydney and at Batemans Bay and Moruya Hospitals in southern New South Wales. She holds the Curran Chair in Health Care of Older People in the Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of Sydney. Her research and practice interests centre on dementia, frailty, elder abuse, successful ageing, and intergenerational programs, and her work focuses on translation of research into clinical practice. She has been advisor and commentator for the Emmy award winning ABC series “Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds”. She was awarded the 2022 Sidney Sax Medal for leadership in health services policy and delivery, and in January 2023 she was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Australia for distinguished service to medicine as a geriatrician, and to research into dementia and cognitive function.

DEMENTIA AND THE COMPANY IT KEEPS

– Lecture 30 minutes followed by 10 minutes Q & A

Old age doesn’t come alone… and that is even more challenging in patients with dementia where physical comorbidity is extremely common and leads to excess disability and reduced quality of life.  Epilepsy, delirium, falls, oral disease, malnutrition, frailty, incontinence, sleep disorders and visual dysfunction are found to occur more frequently in dementia sufferers.  Whilst not always reversible, these commonly overlooked comorbidities are often treatable. This lecture will provide practical explanations and solutions to help all healthcare professionals to improve care for people with dementia and their families.