Health and Environmental Factors for Resilient Ageing

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Our research will be looking at the individual health, lifestyle, and environmental factors associated with healthy ageing, including which factors influence who responds best to sleep interventions. We hope to better understand the things that contribute to a healthier brain, so that we can target modifiable factors (e.g., sleep) to reduce risk of dementia or cognitive impairment. 

Eligible participants will:

• Be aged 60-75

• Be a healthy, regular sleeper

• Have no diagnosed cardiovascular disorders

• Have no diagnosed sleep disorders

• Have no diagnosed psychiatric disorders

The study will involve: 
Phase 1
1) A telephone interview to determine eligibility
2) An in person consent meeting and cognitive testing
3) An overnight sleep disorder screen in your home and an ECG
Phase 2
1) Two weeks of at home monitoring of your sleep: one with acoustic tones to enhance deep sleep, and one without
2) Two daytime cognitive testing sessions at the end of each week
Phase 3
1) A week of at home monitoring
2) An overnight stay in the Austin Health Sleep Laboratory with cognitive testing and blood sampling
Phase 4
1) MR-PET scan of your brain

You will be reimbursed $1000 for completing the study and will be offered personalised reports of your sleep and cognition.