Sleep, Health & Cognition: A Lifecycle Perspective

Thursday, October 21, 2021, 8:00 AM - Friday, October 22, 2021, 4:30 PM, Hilton Garden Inn, 5 Park Street, Freeport, ME

The goal of this conference is to provide a forum for all interested providers to come together to hear the trends in sleep medicine with a focus on integration of innovative therapies. This conference is designed to meet a critical need expressed by many physicians, psychologists, nurses social workers and other specialty groups to address and manage the growing number of patients with complaints of poor sleep. This is an opportunity to hear from the experts in sleep medicine, who are contributing standards for practice at this conference.

1. Explain the historical context of sleep disorders, the common sleep disorder and the treatments for then and now
2. Create a biopsychosocial treatment plan for insomnia for an older adult
3. Identify the reasons sleep changes with age
4. Describe the prevalence and consequences of OSA in older olders
5. Explore the relationship between OSA and dementia
6. Describe how psychotropic medications can influence sleep duration and quality
7. List and distinguish the three primary components of Cognitive Behavioral therapy
8. Demonstrate behavioral goal setting for better sleep hygiene and stimulus control
9. Summarize the strategy of sleep restriction
10. Define "memory evolution" and describe how it differs from memory consolidation
11. List three examples of sleep-dependent memory evolution
12. Explain the NEXTUP model of dream function and construction
13. List the recommended amounts of sleep for children across the age spectrum
14. Describe the key clinical features of pediatric narcolepsy
15. Describe the common clinical features of partial arousal parasomnias
16. Identify the spectrum of sleep disturbances reported in unipolar major depression and in bipolar disorder
17. Explain the risks posted by sleep changes for incident and recurrent episodes of mood disorders, as well as risk for suicidal ideation and suicidal behavior
18. Describe the utility of measuring sleep changes in the clinical care of patients at risk for, or already living with, unipolar depression and bipolar disorder
19. Discuss the major influences of sleep on the physical and mental health in older adults
20. Create a brief differential for the common sleep complaints of older adults

In support of improving patient care, Maine Medical Center (MMC) is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. MMC can accredit continuing education activities with the following credit types: Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE), Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB), American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA), and American Psychological Association (APA). Registered Dietitians (RDs) and Dietetic Technicians, Registered (DTRs) 

DISCLOSURE:
All planners, faculty, and other in control of the content of this educational activity have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (i.e., commercial organizations).

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (8.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (8.00 hours), ANCC - American Nurses Credentialing Center (8.00 hours), IPCE - Interprofessional Continuing Education (8.00 hours), ASWB - Social Work (8.00 hours), APA (American Psychological Association) (8.00 hours)

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

MaineHealth adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

No faculty are available for this activity at this time.