PPT-Understanding Dementia: 

  Concepts and Techniques lets get to know one another Icebreaker Lets push the boundaries of memory care and resident engagament Think out of the box big words of the day epistemology. Pranathi Ramachandra. Caring for dementia patients. Plaques and tangles?. Primary care. Neurology. A&E. Older people’s. m. ental health. Medicine for . elderly. Social care. Problems. Too many silos of service provision. Mary Ann Forciea MD. Clinical Professor of Medicine. Division of Geriatric Medicine. University of Pennsylvania Health System. Goals of this . workshop. Increased awareness of financial challenges during the course of a dementia illness. 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. Tips for a dementia-friendly store IDENTIFYING SOMEONE WITH DEMENTIA person with dementia. What you may come across is a they may have dementia. This behaviour may include:problems understanding what 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. Presented by . Angela Exford, RN, RMC, CLNC, RACT-CT, CADDCT, CDP. What is Dementia . Is a non-specific syndrome in which affected areas of the brain function may be affected such as:. Memory. 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. Sept 13, 2016. ___________. Presented by. Sally King, MSW, LCSW, LSCSW, RYT 200. Depression today is the single most underdiagnosed and undertreated of all mental illnesses . . 1 in 4 Americans will experience an episode of clinical depression in their lifetime.. Eilon. . Caspi. Ph.D. . Geriatrics & Extended Care Data & Analyses Center, Providence VAMC . Annual NICE Knowledge Exchange, Toronto, May 21, 2014 . Dwayne E. Wall. Sponsored by Institute for Life Course and Aging, University of Toronto. Bath City Forum meeting . . Purpose of the session. To share the good practice that the Trust employs to improve the care of inpatients with dementia. Improve the understanding of . the affects . of . 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. . Mary . Guerriero. Austrom, PhD. Wesley P Martin Professor of AD Education. Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion, IUSM. Director Outreach and Recruitment Core. Indiana Alzheimer Disease Center. Dementia is a serious brain disease that affects memory, ability to make decisions, daily functioning, as well as mood and behavior. Vascular dementia is a type of dementia caused by a stroke. Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia and vascular dementia is the second most common for people age 65 and older. .