Do you know a teen who has been impacted by Alzheimer’s or dementia? AFA’s Teen Alzheimer’s Awareness Scholarship provides educational funding to college-bound high school seniors who have been impacted by Alzheimer’s disease. Applicants are asked to write an essay (1,500 word maximum) or submit a video no more than 4 minutes long, describing the impact ... AFA’s Teen Alzheimer’s Awareness Scholarship
Join the IMPACT Grand Rounds on Thursday, December 21 at 12pm ET with Drs. O’Brien and Fowler who will be presenting on “The Clinical Implementation of Alzheimer’s Disease Biomarkers.” Kyra S. O’Brien, MD Assistant Professor of Neurology Penn Memory Center, University of Pennsylvania Nicole Fowler, PhD, MHSA Associate Professor of Medicine Indiana University School of Medicine ... Grand Rounds: Kyra O’Brien, MD & Nicole Fowler, PhD, MHSA | The Clinical Implementation of Alzheimer’s Disease Biomarkers
On January 16, 2024, from 1-2 p.m. ET, the National Alzheimer’s and Dementia Resource Center will host the webinar, Strengthening the Dementia Capable Workforce: Dementia Training for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Providers. A description of the webinar and registration information follows. As the population of individuals living with intellectual and developmental disabilities ages, so does ... Strengthening the Dementia Capable Workforce: Dementia Training for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Providers
In each episode of this virtual roundtable series The BOLD PHCOE on Dementia Caregiving highlights the story of one state that has successfully implemented a state-wide, innovative, and integrative approach to advancing its dementia caregiving goals. Attendees can learn about other states' efforts in dementia caregiving and get ideas for action in their states and ... Successful Public Health Approaches in Dementia Caregiving: Georgia – A Virtual Roundtable Series
Learn from experts who are advancing early detection of dementia in the field The BOLD Public Health Center of Excellence on Early Detection of Dementia is pleased to offer our second in our series of conversations about health system interventions to promote earlier dementia detection as a pathway to better care and outcomes. Please join ... BOLD PHCOE EDD Webinar: Statewide Dementia Screening Linked to Diagnostic and Social Services: Implementation Strategies and Lessons Learned
On February 6, 2024, from 3-4 p.m. ET, the National Alzheimer’s and Dementia Resource Center will host the webinar, Finding the Way in Dementia Care: Use of Care Navigators for People Living with Dementia and their Caregivers. A description of the webinar and registration information follows. Care Navigators are valuable members of interdisciplinary dementia care ... Finding the Way in Dementia Care: Use of Care Navigators for People Living with Dementia and their Caregiver
Learn from experts who are advancing early detection of dementia in the field The BOLD Public Health Center of Excellence on Early Detection of Dementia is pleased to offer our third in our series of conversations about interventions to promote earlier dementia detection as a pathway to better care and outcomes. In this conversation we ... BOLD PHCOE on EDD Webinar: Implementing Dementia Services System-Wide: Becoming a Prepared Leader
BMC Primary Care invites submissions for a Collection on Managing neurodegenerative disease in primary care. The Collection emphasizes the need for innovative strategies in primary care, covering early detection, interdisciplinary management, patient-centered interventions, technology integration, and education/training for providers. Aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, the Collection underscores primary care's crucial role ... Call for Papers: Managing Neurodegenerative Disease in Primary Care
Dementia caregivers often find it difficult to find support and resources that are available to them in the community. Crowdsourcing is an innovative approach to mapping community assets that can help identify new caregiver-focused resources and ultimately help connect caregivers to the supportive services and resources they need. However, it also presents a number of ... Using Crowdsourcing to Support Dementia Caregivers: Opportunities for Public Health
Please join Dementia Care Aware at their next Zoom webinar, “Cultural and Language Considerations for Cognitive Assessment: Special Focus on Filipino Americans” on March 27, from 12:00 - 1:00 PM PDT. Jessica De Leon, MD Assistant Professor of Neurology at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center will speak about language and cultural considerations for adapting ... Cultural and Language Considerations for Cognitive Assessments: Special Focus on Filipino Americans
On April 9, 2024, from 2-3 p.m. ET, the National Alzheimer’s and Dementia Resource Center will host the webinar, Sustainability: Keeping Dementia Programs Active Years After Initial Funding Ends. Funding for dementia programming is often time limited, and early planning and flexibility is necessary to have the best possible outcomes for sustaining successful programs. In ... Sustainability: Keeping Dementia Programs Active Years After Initial Funding Ends
The PHCOE on Dementia Caregiving is excited to announce the next event in their ongoing series, "Successful Public Health Approaches in Dementia Caregiving: A Virtual Roundtable Series"! In each episode of this virtual round-table series we will highlight the story of one state that has successfully implemented a state-wide, innovative, and integrative approach to advancing ... Successful Public Health Approaches in Dementia Caregiving: Utah – A Virtual Roundtable Series