Non Pharmacological Therapies for Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders. 1st International Consensus Congress.Madrid May 12-13th May 2005.

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Bob Woods

NPT and Evidence Based Medicine

	What is Evidence Based Medicine?
	How many NPI exist?
	Are NPI used to their potential?
	How can NPI be used rationally?
	Possible side effects or overdose of NPI
	What role should NPI play in the overall management of dementia?
	Are NPI Research Methodologies comparable to Pharmacological Research?
	Why is there so little good NPI research available?
	How can we improve NPI Research in the future?
	More NPI research: possible pay off

Barry Reisberg

Retrogenesis as treatment framework

	What is retrogenesis?
	How Many typical stages have been identified in AD?
	What are the differences between AD patients and children?
	What domains are subject to retrogenetic process?
	Is there a correspondence to children developmental age?
	What needs do children and AD patients share?
	How do you envisage AD care?
	What is the toughest AD Stage?
	Is there a link between symptoms of AD and how the patient was in the past?

Linda Teri

Pleasant event intervention

	What is the Seattle Protocol?
	What activities do the patients participate in?
	Results
	Benefits of Physical Exercise
	How to balance Non Pharmacological Interventions(NPI)

Javier Olazarán

Cognitive intervention and staging

	In what stages are cognitive interventions appropriate?
	Do NPTS make sense for severe dementia?
	What is the role of NPTs in dementia care?
	Do different stages of the illness require different treatments?
	What is the role of love in AD care?

Mary Mittelman

Caregiver interventions

	A randomized controled trial on care giver intervention
	Short and long term effects

Aimee Spector

Reminiscence, cognitive simulation, validation

Types of NPI available

Miia Kivipelto

Physical Exercise

	How to reduce the risk of suffering from AD.
	Cases Where there is no effective way to prevent the AD.
	Risk factors

Linda Clare

Phenomenology of interventions

	How does it feel to have AD?
	Different ways of coping whit AD
	Are NPI sufficiently available?
	Do NPI need to be tailored individually?
	What are the effects of not delivering NPI?
	Are NPI easily deliverable in institutions?

Sunnie Kenowski

NPT and Politics

	Are NPI used appropriately in the US?
	How can NPT be rationally integrated in standard dementia care?

Cleusa Ferri

Racial and continental differences for NPT

	Does epidemiology vary over continents or between developed and developing countries?
	What is the role of education in Ad?
	Do BPSD vary among Continents?
	What is the role of NPT in developing countries?