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Maximizing Quality of Life across the Cognitive Continuum

Susan McCurry, PhD

Research Professor
Psychosocial and Community Health
School of Nursing
University of Washington

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Learning Objectives

 

By the end of this lecture, you should be able to:

  • Explain the continuum of neurocognitive aging
  • Describe research evidence for the effects of sleep, physical activity, and pleasant events for improving quality of life across the continuum of cognitive aging
  • Apply specific strategies for engaging older clients at all stages of cognitive function in interventions to improve sleep, maintain physical activity, and find meaning and joy in life

[From the Spring 2017 Geriatric Healthcare Lecture Series, with funding from the Alzheimer’s Supplement to the NW Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Center]

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