Vascular Dementia

Biography

Katie Moraes de Almondes is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. She is a Coordinator of Sleep Clinic - Ambsono, Coordinator of the Service of Neuropsychology of Aging, and Coordinator of Emergence Psychology Service RN 192 (Mobile Emergency Service). She is the President of the Department of Neuroscience of Sleep Behavior at the Brazilian Association of Sleep. She is also a Member of the Brazilian Society of Neuropsychology (SBNp) and the Brazilian Society of Neuroscience and Behavior (SBNeC). She has experience in Psychology of Health, Psychophysiology: human chronobiology, neuropsychology sleep-sleep medicine, neuropsychology of aging, neuroscience and cognitive psychology. She has presented conferences at many Congresses throughout Brazil. She has attended the organization of the events of the Brazilian Congress of Neuropsychology and coordinates the Neuropsychology of Aging and Dementia Congress- CONED. She is author of many papers on subjects including sleep and cognition in elderly. She has published the book entitled, “Counting Sheep: What you need to know for your evening not to turn into a nightmare”. She works as a Counselor of the State Council for the Rights of the Elderly at Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil (CEDEPI).

Abstract

Abstract : Insomnia and risk of dementia in the elderly