Time |
Topic |
Speaker |
8:30am |
Registration |
|
9:00am |
Opening Remarks |
Prof Alan Wong, Cluster Director, Health and Social Sciences, SIT |
9:15am |
Keynote Lecture 1: Recent Advances in Geriatric Rehabilitation |
Professor Barbara Billek-Sawhney, Slippery Rock University, USA |
10:00am |
Caring for the Elderly Patient with Dementia in an Acute Care Setting |
Adj A/Prof Lim Si Ching, Changi General Hospital |
10:30am |
Morning Coffee & Networking |
|
11:00am |
Planning the Environment for Geriatric Rehabilitation- Is There An Art to This? |
Ms Wendy Lim, PAP Community Foundation |
11:30am |
Service Providers’ View, Perceptions and Understanding of Frailty |
Ms Melissa Heng, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital |
12:00pm |
A Successful Rehabilitation in Older Adults Involves More than just Physical Function |
Ms Ambelorfam Manikam, Nanyang Polytechnic |
12:30pm |
Lunch |
|
1:30pm |
Keynote lecture 2: Physical Activity and Exercise in Older Adults – Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Prevention |
Dr Rajiv Sawhney, Chatham University, USA |
2:15pm |
Presbyphagia and Communication in the Elderly |
Ms Dawn Lim, Changi General Hospital |
2:45pm |
Occupational Therapy Practices in the Older Adult Population |
Assistant Prof Tim Xu, Health and Social Sciences, SIT |
3:15pm |
Afternoon Tea & Networking |
|
3:45pm |
Evaluation of Pain in the Older Adults |
Mr Lester Jones, Health and Social Sciences, SIT |
4:15pm |
Caregivers – Do They Contribute to Rehabilitation Outcomes? |
Dr Ong Peck Hoon |
4:45pm |
Closing Lecture: A Race With Time - Applying Evidence-based Geriatric Rehab Concepts in Community |
Ms Yong Limin, Ministry of Health Holdings |