CMS is hosting an informational webinar to discuss their ongoing artifical intelligence health outcomes challenge. Click here to learn more about the challenge.
The 2019 Alzheimer's Webinar Series aims to inform the nationwide aging and social services community of current Alzheimer's and brain health information as well as resources available to families impacted by Alzheimer's and other dementia diseases. The first webinar in the series explores critical findings from the newly released 2019 Alzheimer's Association Facts & Figures Report including current preval
This webinar will discuss the value of volunteers in dementia programs, including examples such as the friendly visitor program. Presenters will review the importance of training and ongoing support for volunteers and describe how to build a long-term, sustainable volunteer-driven program for people living with dementia. Finally, this webinar will outline how a volunteer-relationship model of care differs from a paid day program for those living with dementia.
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This webinar will discuss the types of stigma around dementia, including prejudicial attitudes, negative stereotypes, discriminatory behaviors and social structures biased against persons with dementia. During the webinar, presenters will provide examples of how language influences stigm and review how person-centered language to counter stigma around dementia. Participants will also learn what it means to use a strength-based approach with persons who have dementia.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently published a report highlighting suspicious activities targeting older adults. The report examines elder financial exploitation Suspicious Activity Reports (EFE SARs) to analyze the problem of elder financial exploitation and identify ways to improve prevention and response. This webinar will discuss the findings of this study.
