Education: Dementia Presentations

• Caring for Patients with Dementia at the End of Life
  
  Learning Objectives:
  • Review the natural history of advanced dementia.
  • Discuss strategies for patients and families through a series of cases.
  • Think of your own cases and challenges of caring for patients with very advanced dementia.
  
  
• What's Alzheimer's Disease? Prevention, Detection, and Treatment
  
  Learning Objectives:
  • Discuss risk factors and current treatment modalities for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.
  • Describe warning signs that identify patients and families with caregiver stress and support needs.
  • Identify appropriate interprofessional and community-based referrals to support persons with Alzheimer's disease and their families.
  
  
• Prevalence, Recognition, and Assessment
  
  Learning Objectives:
  • Review Alzheimer's Disease and other causes of dementia.
  • Recognize signs and symptoms of dementia.
  • Discuss current evidence for preventive strategies for Alzheimer's disease.
  • Identify appropriate evidence-based screening tools and assessment for dementia.
  
  
• Pharmacologic and Non-pharmacologic Approaches to Dementia
  
  Learning Objectives:
  • Understand the impact and limitations of pharmacologic treatments currently available for dementia.
  • Review the pharmacologic medications for treatment of dementia and behaviors related to dementia.
  
  
• Community Resources to Support Caregivers and Families
  
  Learning Objectives:
  • To understand the needs of and challenges faced by caregivers throughout the course of the disease.
  • To understand the scope and many dimensions of community-based interventions and their role in improving patient care and caregiver well-being.
  • Gain greater sensitivity to the challenges and barriers many individuals and families face in accessing community-based care.