Saturday 28 February 2009

Saturday, 21 March '09, 2:00pm At Rumah Alzheimer's PJ - Awareness Talk "Dementia/Alzheimer's Disease" By Dr Yau Weng Keong, Consultant Physician & Geriatrician of Hospital Kuala Lumpur

Dear All,

In conjunction with our monthly gathering in March, the KL-PJ Alzheimer’s Caregivers Support Group Committee is organizing an Awareness Talk on “Dementia/Alzheimer’s Disease’ by Dr Yau Weng Keong from the ADFM Medical Panel.


Details of the Talk:

Day/Date: Saturday, 21 March 2009
Time: 2:00pm
Venue: Rumah Alzheimer’s (PJ Day Care Centre), No. 6, Lorong 11/8E, Section 11, 46200 Petaling Jaya.

Speaker’s Profile:

DR YAU WENG KEONG , a Consultant Physician & Geriatrician, obtained his basic medical degree from USM in 1990 and MRCP (UK) in 1996. After obtaining his MRCP, he specialized in Geriatric Medicine in Stobhill, Glasgow, UK..

Since then, Dr Yau had been attached to the Aged and Palliative Care in Adelaide (1997), Geriatric Department of Tan Tock Seng Hospital (2000), Dover Park Hospice and Hospice Care Association in Singapore (2000) and worked as a Physician and Geriatrician since 1997 and heading the only Geriatric Unit in MOH.

Dr Yau is currently a Consultant Physician and Geriatrician with the Geriatric Unit, Department of Medicine, Hospital Kuala Lumpur. He started the Post Basic Gerontology Nursing and was instrumental in helping UPM to set up their “Health Care for the Elderly” Undergraduate Programme. In the MOH, he is actively involved in the health programmes for elderly people, conducting regular CME and workshops pertaining to elderly and dementia care; Public Health lectures in UKM and the Memory Clinic in Seremban once a week,

REGISTRATION:

For Refreshments purpose and confirm your attendance, kindly call:
ADFM Secretariat, Katherine/Janet at Tel: 603 – 7956 2008 / 7958 3008 OR Email to: adfmsec@streamyx.com

OR you can register online with the ADFM National Alzheimer’s Caregivers Online Network (NACON) at: adfmcaregivers@gmail.com



"See all of you on 21 March '09 at 2:00pm, Rumah Alzheimer's, PJ Day Care Centre"

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