 Dementia Care:
Living for Today and Planning for Tomorrow
Living for Today and Planning for Tomorrow is the Alzheimer's Disease Center's first conference designed especially for individuals with dementia in the early stage and family members who care for someone at any stage. It offers attendees cutting edge information on dementia, with a focus on providing day-to-day care and planning for the future. Conference Press Release.
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Conference speakers are drawn from Philadelphia's nationally known leaders in aging and dementia care. They bring a range of expertise in medicine, nursing, bioethics and health policy. Speakers include:
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Drs. Clark, Karlawish, and Trojanowski, whose combined expertise addresses unraveling the causes of dementia, developing new treatments and improving the care for persons with dementia;
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Valerie Cotter, a leading educator on the care of older adults, co-edited with Dr. Strumpf a groundbreaking text for geriatric nurse practitioners.
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Drs. Strumpf and Evans have received wide acclaim for their research to improve the care of frail elders.
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Wendy Campbell, President of the Delaware Valley chapter of the Alzheimer's Association, served for almost 20 years as a Vice President of Pennsylvania Hospital.
Conference Agenda
9:00 a.m.
RESEARCH UPDATE
QUESTION & ANSWER SESSION
John Q. Trojanowski, MD, PhD
Director, Alzheimer's Disease Center
Director, Institute on Aging
Co-Director, Center for Neurodegenerative
Disease Research
University of Pennsylvania
Christopher M. Clark, MD
Associate Director, Alzheimer's Disease Center and Director,
Memory Disorders Clinic
University of Pennsylvania
10:00 a.m.
WHAT TO EXPECT IN THE FUTURE:
STAGING AND THE COMMON ISSUES
Jason H. T. Karlawish, MD
Associate Director, Memory Disorders Clinic
Director, Education & Information Transfer Core, Alzheimer's
Disease Center
University of Pennsylvania
11:00 a.m.
MODERATED ONLINE CHAT
11:20 a.m.
UNDERSTANDING DELIRIUM
Valerie T. Cotter, MSN, CRNP
Education Director, Alzheimer's Disease Center
Associate Director, Adult Health and Gerontology Nurse Practitioner
Programs, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania
12:20 p.m.
MODERATED CHAT
1:30 p.m.
MAKING CHOICES ABOUT END-OF-LIFE CARE
Neville Strumpf, PhD, RN, C, FAAN
Edith Clemmer Steinbright Professor in Gerontology and Director, Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence & Center of Gerontologic Nursing Science University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing
2:45 p.m.
WHAT DID SHE SAY?! FINDING THE MEANING IN BEHAVIOR
Lois Evans, DNSc., FAAN, RN
Viola MacInnes/Independence Professor
University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing
3:45 p.m.
BREAK - MODERATED ONLINE CHAT
4:00 p.m.
POLICY, PROGRAMS, & POLITICS OF AD
Wendy L. Campbell
President, Delaware Valley Chapter,
Alzheimer's Association
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