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1. COPD – Testing Evidence-Based Care Pathways
Chronic disease takes an enormous toll on an individual’s health and quality of life and has significant impact on health care expenditures. Effective strategies are required to prevent illness and avoid serious complications from disease. This session will summarize the COPD pilot project underway in PEI as part of the Health PEI Integrated Chronic Disease Prevention and Management Project, to prevent chronic disease, help support patients to successfully manage their illness, and improve outcomes.
Pat Charlton & Kendra Biggar
2. Mental Health and Aging: Alzheimer’s Disease & Community Resources for the
Aging
A. The Rising Tide
You will learn about the prevalence of
Alzheimer’s disease and its impact on our society. Dr. Cruz will also briefly
describe current treatments available and measures that can ameliorate or delay
the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.
B. Understanding the Options
An overview of health care and
community resources for the older person. Helping patients/clients to transition
from hospital to community.
Facilitators: Dr. Leo Marlon Cruz & Acholia Theriault, RN, Healthy Aging
Clinic, Fredericton, NB.
3. Craving Change
Explore this psycho-educational program that is
designed to help people who struggle with their relationship with food and their
eating behaviour. The program was developed by Wendy Shah, RD and Dr. Colleen
Cannon, Ph.D., R. Psych. and offers tools, skills and confidence to help clients
change their eating habits.
Facilitator: Martha MacLean RD, St. Joseph’s Community Health
Centre, Saint John, NB
4. Computer Assisted Therapy for Addictions
You will learn about the
results of a study that assessed whether computer-assisted therapy was effective
in getting and keeping people in addiction treatment, in reducing the
participants’ use of alcohol and drugs of abuse, and in improving the
participants' overall health. Six month follow up outcome data will be
presented.
Facilitator: Dr Eve Wiseman & Kelly Lawson OT , Addictions and Mental
Health, Horizon Health Network, Saint John, NB
5. Nova Scotia ANCHOR Project Update
ANCHOR (A Novel Approach to Cardiovascular Health By Optimizing Risk
Management) is a study that assessed the impact of screening for cardiovascular
risk factors and applying a behavioral and pharmacological intervention via an
interdisciplinary team to reduce the 10 year risk of a coronary. This session is
a follow up to a presentation given at a previous Atlantic Chronic Disease
Congress and will share the study results; highlight the elements of the model
that are portable to the health system at large; and discuss two additional
studies: one that is exploring the minimal intervention required to maintain
clinical success, and a second that is evaluating the impact of an intensive
intervention for those who did not achieve a clinical success in the original
study.
Facilitator: Claudine Szpilfogel, Project Managr, Halifax, NS Krista
Courtney-Cox, Project Coordinator, Halifax, NS Leisje MacDougall, Project
Coordinator, Sydney, NS |