Postgraduate Course in Dementia Care No. II, Session
4
Oct 11, 2025
Kuwait
Hybrid
In collaboration with DASH , INIA
, MEAMA, MENAAA
Innovating Elderly Care: AI-Driven Solutions for
Personalized and Efficient Healthcare
08:00 - 08:45 | Registration &
Welcome Coffee
08:45 - 09:00 | Opening Remarks
" Speaker: Conference Chair Topic: "Aging
with Purpose: Why Innovation Matters Now"
Session I: Advances in Geriatric Medicine &
AI
Moderator: Dr Ali Matouq
09:00 - 09:30
"Artificial Intelligence in Geriatrics: Applications
from Prediction to Personalization"
Focus: Predictive modeling, clinical decision support,
outcome forecasting
A. Abyad-Kuwait
09:30 - 10:00
Smart Homes and Wearables: Real-Time Aging in PlaceFocus:
Focus: Remote monitoring, fall detection, cognitive
tracking at home
Prof. Giuseppe Andreoni - Italy
10:00 - 10:30
"Geriatric Syndromes: Evolving Evidence and New
Approaches"
Focus: Frailty, polypharmacy, falls, and sarcopenia
Dr. Ali Alqattan-Kuwait
10:30 - 10:45 | Coffee Break
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Session II: Dementia and Cognitive Health
Moderator: Dr Hadeel AL Othamn
10:45 - 11:30
Early diagnosis of dementia in multi-ethnic communities
and training
Focus:
This lecture explores the challenges of early dementia
diagnosis in multi-ethnic communities, focusing on cultural
and linguistic barriers, tool adaptation, and stigma
reduction. It also highlights the importance of culturally
competent training for healthcare providers and community-based
awareness initiatives.
Dr. Samrah Ahamed-UK
11:30 - 12:15
2025 Landscape of Dementia: From Risk Prediction
to Emerging Therapies
Focus:
An integrated overview of recent advances in dementia
care, covering early risk prediction through blood biomarkers
and cognitive screening tools, evolving diagnostic criteria,
and the latest therapeutic strategies including anti-amyloid
treatments, neuroprotective agents, and ongoing clinical
trials.
Prof Giovanni Gambassi-Italy
12:15 - 12:25. Closing Keynote
Title: Reimagining Aging: A Roadmap for the Next
Decade
12:25 - 13:15 | Lunch Break
BACKGROUND AND ORIGIN
A serious disparity exists between the growing ageing
population and the number of health care providers being
trained to meet the unique health care needs of older
adults. This problem is both in developed and developing
world. The key to alleviating the shortage, according
to researchers, is for medical schools to lead the change
in giving geriatric medicine the attention it deserves,
cultivating programs where there are none, improving existing
ones. There is a major deficiency in the number of physicians
trained in geriatrics, in addition to limited paramedical
personal trained in the field.
The Middle East Academy for Medicine of Ageing was founded
in 2002 to stimulate the development of health care services
for older people in the region. It was established by
a number of professors and teachers from the Middle East
and Europe. The Model of MEAMA was taken from the European
Academy for Medicine of Ageing (EAMA). The mission of
MEAMA is to create a hub for education and training in
the field of ageing in the Middle East.
Abyad Medical Center and Middle East Longevity Institute
were instrumental in organizing the first course of the
MEAMA. Over the previous years, several reputable official
governmental, regional and international organisations
helped in the development of the academy including The
Health Ministers' Council for the Cooperation Council
States, Ministry of Health in Bahrain, The European Academy
for Medicine of Ageing, The European Union of Geriatric
Medicine Society, the Geriatric Medicine Section of the
European Union of Medical Specialists, the International
Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics, medi+WORLD
International, Multimedia Medical University, Al Jinan
University, Azm & Saade Association, Hamad Medical
Coporation, National Guard National Guard Health Affairs
-King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences
and others.
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