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management A brief pragmatic resource for general practitioners 2 Dementia diagnosis and management A brief pragmatic resource for general practitioners Version number 1 First published 14 01 2. Analysis of dementia prevalence rates by Delo itte Access Economics reveal coastal and regional NSW will continue to bear the brunt of increasing dementia prevalence rates while the metropolitan areas of the State will also experience a steady incre Robert Burns MD and Linda Olivia Nichols, PhD. Memphis Caregiver Center, VA Memphis. Professors, Preventive and Internal Medicine. University of Tennessee Health Science Center. ©AAHCM. Robert Burns, M.D. and Linda O. Nichols, Ph.D. have no actual or potential conflict of interest in relation to these presentations. 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. Interpersonal pragmatics / interactional sociolinguistics and cognitive impairment:. . Learning about what is retained and manipulated by persons with dementia (PWD) may help understand listener expectations about speaker competencies For PWD in institutional residencies, those institutions lower expectations for production and comprehension. Residents may be cared for, but are not expected to be coherent or fluent talkers (Davis & Pope 2011). . 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 . 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. PhD Candidate, University of Wollongong. 100 Women Of Influence 2016. UOW 2016 Alumni Social Impact Award Winner . SA Finalist, Australian Of The Year 2017 & 2016. WHY I DEMANDED A HUMAN RIGHTS APPROACH TO DEMENTIA. 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. Vincent DelGiudice M.S. CFY-SLP. Vegas Voice Institute. Speech and Swallowing. Dementia affects not only a person’s memory, but their ability to use language. . Speech therapy can help with strategies for memory and conversational success. . 1/10/17. Blythe S. Winchester, MD, MPH, CMD. Objectives. Understand the steps in work-up for dementia. Identify the basic ways to test for cognitive impairment and dementia . Recognize and understand barriers to making a diagnosis . 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: . Dr Janet Carter. Associate Professor of Old Age Psychiatry UCL Division of Psychiatry Consultant in OAP, NELFT. Dr Paul Gallagher. ST7 Psychiatry Dual Trainee, ELFT. Dr Joanne Hew. ST4 Psychiatry Dual Trainee, ELFT. The Toolkit That You Really Wanted . Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation NHS Trust. Dr Peter Bentham. Memory Assessment Service (MAS). Assessment Process Summary. Determine whether there is a history of cognitive decline.