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Staying Stronger Longer: The Promise of Lifestyle Interventions for Brain Health

J. Kaci Fairchild, PhD, ABPP
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Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

  • Identify at least two modifiable risk and resilience factors for late life brain health

  • Summarize the components of effective multimodal interventions for late life brain health

  • Explain predictors of treatment response to multimodal interventions for late life brain health

Educational Goal

The educational goal of this session is to review the modifiable risk and resilience factors for cognitive impairment and present data from randomized controlled trials assessing the efficacy of multimodal interventions for Mild Cognitive Impairment as well as predictors and mechanisms of treatment response.

Description

Older adults are one of the fastest growing segments of the US population. It is estimated that 1 in 9 persons aged 65 or older has dementia and this number is expected to increase in coming years. Current pharmacological interventions for late life cognitive impairment have limited efficacy; however, recent research has highlighted the promise of lifestyle interventions for this population. This presentation will review the modifiable risk and resilience factors for cognitive impairment and present data from randomized controlled trials assessing the efficacy of multimodal interventions for Mild Cognitive Impairment as well as predictors and mechanisms of treatment response.

Target Audience

  • Counselor
  • Marriage & Family Therapist
  • Psychologist
  • Social Worker
  • Substance Use Disorder Professionals

Presenters

J. Kaci Fairchild, PhD, ABPP
Dr. Kaci Fairchild is the Deputy Director of the Sierra Pacific MIRECC and the Fellowship Training Director for the Advanced Fellowship in Mental Illness Research and Treatment at Sierra Pacific MIRECC at VA Palo Alto. She also holds an affiliate appointment as a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine and is the Program Lead for the Research Education Component of the Stanford Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. She is a board-certified Geropsychologist with an active research program focused on improving the lives of people affected by late life cognitive impairment through lifestyle interventions. Her work has been funded by the VA Office of Suicide Prevention, VA Office of Rehabilitation Research and Development, VA Cooperative Studies Program, the Department of Defense, the National Institute on Aging, and the Alzheimer’s Association.

Financially Sponsored By

  • APA Division 18: Psychologists in Public Service