Dementia Care Webinar - Understanding and Responding to Behavioral Symptoms
The American Geriatrics Society - in collaboration with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), The Lewin Group, and Community Catalyst - invite you to attend the webinar: "Understanding And Responding To Behavioral Symptoms Among Individuals With Alzheimer’s Disease And Related Dementias".
The American Geriatrics Society - in collaboration with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), The Lewin Group, and Community Catalyst - invite you to attend the webinar: "Understanding And Responding To Behavioral Symptoms Among Individuals With Alzheimer’s Disease And Related Dementias".
This webinar presents some of the core competencies most fundamental to understanding and managing behavioral symptoms associated with the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Practical non-pharmacologic interventions for specific behavioral symptoms will be described and the evidence for the risks and benefits of pharmacological interventions will also be reviewed. Most dementias are associated with a range of neuropsychiatric and behavioral disturbances, with as many as 80% to 90% of older adults developing at least one distressing symptom over the course of their illness. The behavioral disturbances in dementia require evaluation of the specific symptoms, including the person’s comfort, the care environment, the caregiver’s needs, and the degree of distress of all those involved in the life of the adult with dementia.
Featured Speakers include:
- Geri Hall, PhD, ARNP, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Banner Alzheimer's Institute
- Beth Spencer, MA, LMSW, University of Michigan School of Social Work
- Gregg Warshaw, MD, Professor Emeritus of Geriatric Medicine, University of Cincinnati
Free CE credit available. This series is developed by the American Geriatrics Society in collaboration with Community Catalyst and The Lewin Group, and is hosted by the CMS Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office Integrated Care Resource Center.
To register for this webinar, click here.
