PPT-Dementia Update

Thursday 20 September 2018 1 Dr Sophie Norris Dementia Update 2 Advice and Guidance Update The following table shows the specialties that are available at ASPH RSCH or at other providers. Steps towards dementia confidence. Know the facts. Examine our attitudes. Face our fears. Come together. Dementia Friends. A new Alzheimer’s Society initiative. Create Dementia . F. riendly . C. ommunities by recruiting 1 million Dementia Friends by March 2015. The providers’ perspective . UKHCA report . Written and presented by Jennifer Roberts . Introduction . The aim of the project has been to identify:. The challenges home care providers face . What is working well from the home care providers’ perspective and across all sectors of care. Presentation by Roger Hitchings. IMPORTANCE OF SUBJECT. Many people feel fear and anxiety about Dementia. Dementia is a reality. . 820,000 . dementia sufferers in . UK. .. . 550,000 caregivers. .. Affects many people through family or friends. Marianne Smith, PhD, RN, FAAN. Associate Professor, University of Iowa College of Nursing. Goals for Today. List 3 mental disorders that overlap with dementia. Discuss the role of long-standing history in the expression of behavioral and psychological symptoms in dementia (BPSD). Presented by . Karla Brennscheidt, . psy.d. .. Owner, director. Clinical neuropsychologist – cedar valley . neurosycholoy. services, cedar falls. Outline . Aging Society . Iowa Data. Defining Dementia. Barry S. Fogel, MD. Brigham Behavioral Neurology Group. Harvard Medical School. Themes of This Presentation. Organizing Principles. Executive . Function and Metacognition. Why Assessors May Disagree . Diverse Communities, . C. ollective Action. Alzheimer New Zealand/ADI Conference 2016. Steve . Iliffe. Emeritus Professor . of Primary Care . for . Older People. University College London. 3. rd. – 5. A . carer’s. perspective. Barbara Pointon MBE. Former . carer. , . Ambassador for Alzheimer’s Society & Dementia UK. barbara@pointon.name. Malcolm in 1992, aged 51, just after he was diagnosed. World Economic Forum, “Ageing and Cognition: Maintaining Economic Security in Later Life”. May 9-10, 2016. Sarah Lenz Lock. Senior Vice President for Policy, AARP. Executive Director, Global Council on Brain Health. Consumer Voice Conference. November 4, 2016. Objectives. Understanding the many forms of dementia. Communicating with residents with dementia. Advocating for alternative care practices to address common care issues for residents with dementia.  . Concepts and Techniques. let’s get to know one another . Icebreaker . Let’s push the boundaries of memory care and resident . engagament. .. Think out of the box!. big words of the day: . epistemology. The Peer Teaching Society is not liable for false or misleading information…. Delirium. PATH. Acute . confusional. state (can be acute-on-chronic). Globally impaired cognition awareness/consciousness. Age (greatest risk factor). Vascular risk factors: HTN, DM, CVD, stroke, smoking, dyslipidemia . Genetics: apo E genotype (late AD), PSEN1, PSEN2, APP (early AD) . Recurrent TBI or head trauma . Drugs: . Consultant old age psychiatrist. DEMENTIAS. What is dementia. Demographics. Clinical features. Types of dementia. Pathology. Diagnosis. Treatment. What is dementia. Dementia is a clinical term describing a symptom complex characterised by a decline from previously maintained intellectual function .