NADRC Webinar: Building and Maintaining Relationships After a Dementia Diagnosis - Dementia Care Partners and Social Isolation
The National Alzheimer's and Dementia Resource Center (NADRC) is holding a webinar August 24, "Building and Maintaining Relationships After a Dementia Diagnosis: Dementia Care Partners and Social Isolation."
Social isolation has a detrimental impact on the millions of persons living with dementia and their care partners in the United States. Conversely, we generally see greater satisfaction with support when emotional and social support are present for the caregiving dyad.
Participants in this webinar will be able to:
- Understand the importance of emotional and social support for care partners of people living with dementia;
- Become familiar with the different facets of isolation that often occurs with dementia and cognitive impairment;
- Be able to critically think about preparing families and care partners of people living with dementia to reduce the frequency and impact of isolation; and
- Be able to identify actionable items to recommend to care partners of people living with dementia.
Presenters include:
- Matthew Estrade, Project Manager at the Ochsner Health site of the Louisiana Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program
- Ana-Shea Edwards, Caregiver Speaker who became her mother’s full-time solo care partner six years ago at the age of twenty-nine
