Скачать или смотреть Dr Ron Petersen giving the Professor Henry Brodaty AO Dementia Lecture 19/09/2016

One of the world’s leading dementia experts, Dr Ron Petersen, spoke in Sydney at NSW Parliament House as part of a national speaking tour for Dementia Awareness Month in September to support Alzheimer’s Australia in its call for a fully-funded, national strategy to tackle the growing challenge of dementia, which affects the lives of seven in 10 Australians.

Dr Petersen – who also spoke at the National Press Club in Canberra, along with Alzheimer’s Australia NSW Ambassador Ita Buttrose AO, OBE to mark World Alzheimer’s Day on September 21 – presented on the latest insights and findings in dementia research, the importance of early diagnosis, as well as current diagnostic techniques, how the diagnosis is made, treatment options and future directions.

Dr Petersen is the Director of the US Mayo Clinic Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and was appointed by US President Barack Obama’s Administration to head up the Advisory Council for the National Alzheimer’s Project Act (NAPA), which is an integrated national plan to overcome Alzheimer’s disease in the US by 2025.

Dr Petersen, who was also Ronald Reagan’s personal physician and treated the former President of the USA’s Alzheimer’s disease, said dementia is undoubtedly the biggest health and care challenge facing the world today.