PPT-Dementia

Presented by Angela Exford RN RMC CLNC RACTCT CADDCT CDP What is Dementia Is a nonspecific syndrome in which affected areas of the brain function may be affected such as Memory. 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. 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. 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. 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 . Eamon O’Shea. NUI Galway. Dementia Prevalence Rates . 2. Dementia Worldwide. An estimated 47 million people live with dementia in 2015 worldwide . The worldwide economic cost of dementia was an estimated US$808 billion in 2015. 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. Feeling At Home. 21. st. February 2017. Contents. The Aim and Vision . Prime Ministers Challenge on Dementia. Other Charters. Development of the Charter. Charter Content. Case Studies. Committing to the Charter. Care and the Needs of Those Living . with Dementia”. April 27, 2015 ~ Long Term Care Discussion Group. DEMENTIA ACTION ALLIANCE. Karen Love, . karenlove4@verizon.net. - CCAL. Chris . Perna. , . ceo@edenalt.org. 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. LOROS Hospice, . 14. th. July 2010. Welcome. Alan Heron, . Senior Commercial Manager, IHP.. Achieving the National Dementia Strategy:. Prof. Jane . Gilliard. , National Dementia Strategy Programme . 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 .