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Agenda  
Timing: 09.30-10.30, Tuesday 19 June 2001 Venue: Sheraton Park Lane Hotel, Park Lane, London
09:30 Chairman's Introduction
Dr Steven DeKosky, University of Pittsburgh, USA
09:35 Understanding the Dementia Continuum
Dr Rachelle Doody, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA
  • Overall incidence and prevalence of dementia
  • Dementia as a disease spectrum
  • Segmentation by diagnosis and contributors
  • Issues in different diagnosis
09:50 The Challenges of Treating Mixed and Vascular Dementia
Dr Timo Erkinjuntti, Memory Disorders Clinic, Helsinki University Hospital
  • The clinical course of mixed/vascular dementia
  • The current treatment (or non-treatment) paradigm
  • Case studies
10:05 Reminyl: First Data on Use in Mixed/Vascular Dementia
Dr Roger Bullock, Kingshill Research Center-Victoria Hospital, UK
  • Rationale for and design of RJS-INT-6 trial
  • Study results
  • Implications for physicians, patients and families
10:20 Questions to the Panel
10:30 Chairman's Conclusions