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Abstract Category: Caregivers, LTC, Services

# PDF Comment Poster Title Representative(s) Authors
1 VR&R Trial: Interim Results on the Use of Virtual Reality to Support Caregiver Respite in Dementia Care Vanessa Geitz Vanessa Geitz, Samantha Lewis-Fung, Sahil Patel, Mattaya Pallett, Essete Tesfaye, Lora Appel
2 Lived Experience is More than a Checkbox: Meaningful Inclusion of Lived Experience perspective in Seniors Mental Health System Planning Kim Schryburt-Brown, Sharon Osvald, & Kathy Baker Kim Schryburt-Brown, Kathy Baker, Sharon Osvald
3 Co-designing culturally responsive KTE Products with ethnocultural communities to bridge community needs and health policy Zaina Alsibai Zaina Alsibai, Sathya Karunananthan, Sanjna Navani, The Alzheimer’s Indonesia Toronto, African Canadian Development and Prevention Network, Alexie Dechênes, Rachel Samson, Marie Christine Le Bourdais, Mirielle Norris, Howard Bergman, Isabelle Vedel, Claire Godard-Sebillotte
4 Primary Care Provider-to-Specialist Communication Services Across Canada for Persons with Dementia: An Environmental Scan Sarah Syed Shruthi Sundararaman, Sarah Syed, Kunal Dalsania, Jean-Denis Lalonde, Nalia Gurgel-Juarez, Amanda Wilson, Celeste Fung, Frank Knoefel, Julia Chabot, Claire Godard-Sebillotte, Clare Liddy, Isabella Moroz, Laura Visentin, 7, Suey Shuk Yu Yeung, Sathya Karunananthan
5 Paid caregivers of research participants with dementia: the unexplored ethical risks of transposed incentives, involuntary intermediaries, and pre-existing power structures Jill Oliver, & Paola Cubillos Jill Oliver, Paola Cubillos
6 What Should Dementia Care Look Like Moving Forward? Perspectives of caregivers, faculty, and healthcare professionals Winnie Sun Winnie Sun
7 Centralized clinical navigation and referral management to transform Behavioural Supports through standardized data and indicator capture. Sophia Kim, & Laura Harrison Sophia Kim, Varsha Jayaraman, Laura Harrison, Leslie Shafran, Lauren Masci

Abstract Category: Clinical

# PDF Comment Poster Title Representative(s) Authors
8 Normative data for the MoCA - Language (MoCA-L): A new screening tool for language disorders in neurodegenerative diseases Robert Laforce Robert Jr Laforce, Monica Lavoie, Guillaume Duboisdindien, Joël Macoir, Ziad Nasreddine
9 Bridging the Gap: Designing a Transferable Disease-Modifying Therapy Pathway for Alzheimer’s Dementia Rebecca Lee Rebecca Lee, Alex Tamm, Daisy Fung, Lesley Charles, Oksana Suchowersky, Kareena Schnabl, Richard Camicioli, Valerie Sim
10 Individuals living with Dementia and requesting Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD): A retrospective descriptive study Genevieve Casey Sara Olivier, Dr. Genevieve Casey, Jennifer Batista
11 Mild behavioural impairment and falls among dementia-free older Canadians: a cross-sectional study Ibadat Warring Ibadat Warring, Dylan Guan, Maryam Ghahremani, Zahinoor Ismail
12 Vascular Risk as a Predictor of Treatment Response in the EXACT Trial Maya Mills Maya Mills, Julian Schecter, Damien Gallagher, Melissa Wong, Ana Andreazza, Sandra Black, Xingshan Cao, Jocelyn Charles, Fuqiang Gao, Nathan Hermann, Bradley MacIntosh, Giovanni Marotta, Susan Marzolini, Sara Mitchell, Paul Oh, Tarek Rajji, Mark Rapoport, Mehreen Siddiqui, Krista Lanctôt
13 A Theory-Guided Dual-task Intervention for Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment: Study Protocol Qingqing Dai Lu Chen, Yue Zhao, Qingqing Dai, Fengli Gao
14 Augmented Exercise Interventions: Optimizing Response to Exercise Modalities for Cognitive Enhancement in Early AD Julian Schecter Julian Schecter, Yejin Kang, Sandra Black, Nathan Herrmann, Sara Mitchell, Susan Marzolini, Paul Oh, Jennifer Rabin, Tarek Rajji, Mark Rapoport, Walter Swardfager, Mehreen Siddiqui, Kate Survilla, Damien Gallagher, Krista Lanctôt
15 Evidence for mild behavioural impairment in biomarker-defined Alzheimer's disease clinical staging: An ADNI study Dylan Guan Dylan Guan, Maryam Ghahremani, Daniella Vellone, Eric Smith, Zahinoor Ismail
16 Validation of Neuropsychiatric-Inventory Clinician apathy domain items for apathy screening in patients with neurocognitive disorders Krushnaa Sankhe Krushnaa Sankhe, Valeria Manera, Julia Castel, Rajbir Singh, Dov Gandell, Giovanni Marotta, Damien Gallagher, Mark Rapoport, David S. Miller, Kritleen K. Bawa, Jeffrey L. Cummings, Larry Ereshefsky, Masud Husain, Zahinoor Ismail, Jacobo Mintzer, Hans J. Moebius, Moyra E. Mortby, Anton P. Porsteinsson, Philippe Robert, Carla Zucchero Sarracini, Danielle Vieira, Krista L. Lanctôt
17 Assessing the correlation between FDG-PET CT scan imaging in Long COVID patients with subjective cognitive symptoms, and objective cognitive testing. Angela Juby & Christopher Davis Angela G Juby, Christopher MJ Davis, Ryan Hung, Jonathan Abele
18 Comparing subjective cognitive complaints with cognitive scores and dual-task walking in a group of long COVID participants. Angela Juby & Christopher Davis Christopher MJ Davis, Angela G Juby
19 Clinical Evaluation of the Elecsys® Phospho-Tau (217P) Plasma IVD Assay: Establishing Dual Cutoffs for Primary and Secondary Care Alonso Montoya Annunziata Di Domenico, Sayuri Hortsch, David Caley, Niels Borlinghaus, Kaj Blennow, Oskar Hansson, Marc Suárez-Calvet, Craig W. Ritchie, Nicholas J. Ashton, Marisa Denkinger, Christopher C. Rowe, Ming Lu, Sameera R. Wijayawardana, Alonso Montoya, Sebastian Palmqvist
20 Cross-sectional associations of perimenopausal symptoms with clinical markers of dementia risk Jasper Crockford Jasper Crockford, Dylan Guan, Maryam Ghahremani, Zahinoor Ismail
21 Improving and Sustaining Comfort Cart Use in Emergency Departments to Support Delirium Prevention and Management Among Older Adults: A Quality Improvement Initiative Sylvia Quant, & Camille Therese Bugo Sylvia Quant, Camille Bugo, Andrea Hong, Linda Liu, Inderjeet Singh, Kristen Lee, Victoria Dishman, Lauren Lapointe-Shaw, Tessa Ringer, Nazek Abdelmutti
22 Implementing Anti-Amyloid Therapy into a Regional Memory Clinic: A Systems-Based Rollout Lianne Cloutier Liz Legace, Lianne Cloutier, Andrea Jewell, Katie Churchill, Veronique French, Neil Thomas, Andrew Frank
23 Investigating grey matter volume and cerebral blood flow as biomarkers of cognitive resilience in a population at risk for vascular cognitive impairment and dementia Melissa Wong Melissa Wong, Guocheng Jiang, Damien Gallagher, Bradley J. MacIntosh, Sandra E. Black, Fuqiang Gao, Joel Ramirez, Nathan Herrmann, Mark J. Rapoport, Yejin Kang, Kate Survilla, Danielle Vieira, Krista L. Lanctôt
24 Associations between later-life sleep disturbance burden and later-life cognitive and behavioural changes in postmenopausal females Sanvi Langay Sanvi Langay, Ibadat Warring, Maryam Ghahremani, Dylan Guan, Gurshaan Sidhu, Zahinoor Ismail
25 Subjective cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease-related plasma biomarkers across ethnoracial groups: findings from the CAMERA study Simran Malhotra Simran Malhotra, Georgia Gopinath, Madeline Alexander Wood, Rohina Kumar, Valery Sit, Angelina Zhang, Ravetta Ravichandran, Krisha Khanna, Ella Kim, Mikayla Lisi, Tulip Marawi, Katie Vandeloo, Rachel Yep, Walter Swardfager, Sandra Black, Maged Goubran, Jennifer Rabin
26 Childhood Household Environment and Later-Life Plasma p-Tau Across Canadian Ethnoracial Groups Rohina Kumar Rohina Kumar, Madeline Wood Alexander, Krisha Khanna, Simran Malhotra, Valery Sit, Angelina Zhang, Ravetta Ravichandran, Ella Kim, Mikayla Lisi, Tulip Marawi, Katie L. Vandeloo, Rachel Yep, Walter Swardfager, Maged Goubran, Sandra Elizabeth Black, Jennifer S. Rabin
27 Relationship between menopausal symptoms and task-induced cortical hemodynamic response in midlife: an fNIRS Study Wejdaan Faridi Wejdaan Faridi, Burma Joel, Cindy Barha
28 A scalable fMRI marker of hippocampal excitation-inhibition balance that tracks MEG electrophysiology in aging Kevin Solar Kevin Solar, Luis Garcia Dominguez, Richard Wennberg, Ljubica Zotovic, Krista Lanctôt, Sandra Black, Sanjeev Kumar, Mary Pat McAndrews
29 Factorial Validation of the Mild Behavioral Impairment Checklist in Clinic and Community-Dwelling Samples Ibadat Warring Ibadat Warring, Maryam Ghahremani, Tolulope Sajobi, Eric E. Smith, Zahinoor Ismail
30 Real-World Distributions of ALZpath and Lumipulse Plasma p-tau217 Test Results: Experience from More Than 1,600 Tests at a Canadian Diagnostic Laboratory Pankaj Kumar Pankaj Kumar, Ali Mousavi, Mary Encarnacion, YiLiang (Betty) Zhang, Ryan Conkling, Hans Frykman
31 Real-World Clinical Experience with more than Thousand ALZpath Plasma p-tau217 Testing in a Canadian Diagnostic Laboratory Hans Frykman Ali Mousavi, Pankaj Kumar, Mary Encarnacion, YiLiang (Betty) Zhang, Ryan Conkling, Hans Frykman
32 A Scoping Review on the Diagnosis and Management of Vascular Parkinsonism Jean Triscott Jean Triscott, Peter Tian, Eric Lui, Janice Kung, Lesley Charles
33 Clinical Experience with Lumipulse Plasma p-tau217 Testing in a Canadian Diagnostic Laboratory Pankaj Kumar Pankaj Kumar, Ali Mousavi, Mary Encarnacion, YiLiang (Betty) Zhang, Ryan Conkling, Hans Frykman
34 A Seed Amplification Assay Detecting Pathological Alpha-Synuclein in Parkinson's Disease and Dementia with Lewy Bodies Cyril Helbling Cyril Helbling, Mari L. DeMarco
35 Agitation Composite Score as a Predictor for Clinical Severity and Functional Disability Across Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration Celine Sakran Celine N. Sakran, M. Carmela Tartaglia

Abstract Category: Epidemiology, Public Health, Services, Psychosocial

# PDF Comment Poster Title Representative(s) Authors
36 Disease-Modifying Therapies in Dementia: Assessment of Knowledge, Educational Needs, and Practice Readiness for Implementation in Geriatricians in Canada Lesley Charles Lesley Charles, Diana Rucker, Rebecca Lee, Janelle Wai, Ariana Filiplic, Jean Triscott, Peter Tian
37 Accessing and Navigating Dementia Care Among First-Generation Chinese Immigrant Older Adults and Their Caregivers in Quebec: An Interpretive Description Study Winda Hao Claire Godard-Sebillotte, Isabelle Vedel, Winda Hao
38 Building a Provincial Memory Café Network in Nova Scotia: Participant Well-being and Social Connection Outcomes for Persons Living with Dementia Bryah Boutilier Bryah Boutilier, Dr. Beverley Cassidy
39 Is the same workplace behaviour viewed differently in the presence of a dementia diagnosis? A randomized vignette study. Judith Godin Judith Godin, Jasmine Mah, Nicolas Roulin, Katie Aubrecht, Melissa K. Andrew
40 Structural Exclusion by Design: The Absence of Indigenous-Led Knowledge Translation in Central Toronto's Dementia Day Programs Hom Shrestha Hom Shrestha, Hung Nguyen, Lucy Shrestha, Art Petahtegoose
41 Educating the Next Generation for Dementia Prevention: Do Future Rehabilitation and Fitness Professionals Understand What Motivates Older Adults to Exercise? Patricia Hewston Patricia Hewston, Caroline Marr, Matthew Bosnich, Alexandra Jackson, Christine Wilkinson, Rachel Brown, Alexandra Papaioannou
42 Reframing dementia care beyond prescription: a 10-year global roadmap for brain health, prevention, and health-system transformation Jeya Thayaparan & Ganesh Arunachalam Jeya Thayaparan, Ganeshmoorthy Arunachalam, Pamela Baxter, Thavarajah Nirusha, Umaharan Thamotharampillai, Katarina Lakovic, Asvini Thayaparan, Angelina Yogarajah, Cinzia Amutharaja, Belinda Robinson, Alejandra Villalobos
43 Housing as a Prescription for Brain Health: Reimagining Dementia Care Beyond the Clinic—International Models Informing a Canadian Policy Framework Jeya Thayaparan & Jhon Mark Cana Jeya Thayaparan, Auvei JeyaKumar, Angelina Yogarajah, Kavitha Jayaram, Pamela Baxter
44 Cognitive reserve as a moderator of the association between plasma phosphorylated tau-217 and gait, hearing, and vision in older adults: work-in-progress. Gurshaan Sidhu Gurshaan Sidhu, Dylan Guan, Maryam Ghahremani, Zahinoor Ismail
45 Early-Life Adversity and the Protective Effect of Cortical Thickness on Dementia Risk in Older Adults Dinithi Mudalige Dinithi Mudalige, Dylan Guan, Peter Chan, Zahinoor Ismail
46 Beyond Prescriptions, Beyond Geriatrics: Developing a Certificate of Competency in Dementia Care to Strengthen Canada’s Healthcare Workforce Jeya Thayaparan & Angelina Yogarajah Jeya Thayaparan, Katarina Lakovic, Cinzia Amutharaja, Belinda Robinson, Pamela Baxter, Nirusha Thavarajah
47 From childhood adversity to dementia risk: investigating the associations between adverse childhood experiences, anxious distress, and later life functional impairment in dementia-free community-dwelling older adults Sasha Holub Sasha Holub, Ibadat Warring, Gurshaan Sidhu, Maryam Ghahremani, Dylan Guan, Sanvi Langay, Zahinoor Ismail
48 A Comprehensive Inventory of Databases Supporting Intersectional Health Equity Research for Persons with Dementia in Canada Magnolia Miller Magnolia Miller, Dimitri Yang, Stefanie Tremblay, Sathya Karunananthan, Claire Godard-Sebillotte

Abstract Category: Neurobiology, Technology

# PDF Comment Poster Title Representative(s) Authors
49 The impact of cognitive impairment on eye gaze during everyday task completion by older adults Christina Commisso Christina Commisso, Shital Desai, Rosalie Wang, Andrea Iaboni, Alex Mihailidis, Arlene Astell
50 DEEPENSE-CogAI: an explainable AI-enabled cognitive risk and care-navigation model for older adults, with an equity focus on underserved and Indigenous communities Jeya Thayaparan & Samarrann Sivaloganathan Jeyasakthy Thayaparan, Eilya Parsa, Kawsitha Sivakumaran, Pamela Baxter
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