Invited Speakers: DIRECTORS
Constantine G. Lyketsos, M.D., M.H.S.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Mental Hygiene
School of Medicine and School of Public Health
The Johns Hopkins University
Cynthia Steele, R.N., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
School of Medicine
The Johns Hopkins University
JOHNS HOPKINS FACULTY
Peter V. Rabins, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor of Psychiatry
School of Medicine
The Johns Hopkins University
Godfrey Pearlson, M.B.B.S.
Professor of Psychiatry
School of Medicine
The Johns Hopkins University
Jason Brandt, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
School of Medicine
The Johns Hopkins University
Glenn Treisman, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
School of Medicine
The Johns Hopkins University
GUEST FACULTY
Harry James Cargas, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of Literature and Language
Webster University in St. Louis
Carmel Roques, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.
Director of Social Work
Copper Ridge
Elizabeth Galik, R.N., M.S.N.
Director for the Assessment Clinic
Copper Ridge
Program:
This annual course is designed to provide practical approaches to the care of patients with dementia and Alzheimer's disease for all groups of healthcare professionals. The keynote lecture will lay the ethical, moral, and personal foundations for the care of the dementia patient from the caregiver's perspective. It will be followed by an update for all attendees on recent advances in the genetics and treatment of Alzheimer's disease. A panel discussion with a multi-disciplinary team of caregivers and experts will take place where questions from attendees will be taken and discussed.
Three breakout sessions are then provided organized along two tracks, one for physicians and one for allied health professionals. In the former, designed for the busy clinician-practitioner, the differential diagnosis of dementia, medical approaches to maximize quality of life, and pharmacologic treatments for behavioral disturbances of dementia are discussed in detail. In the allied professional track, neuropsychological evaluation, care of the late stage dementia patient, and non-pharmacologic approaches for problem behaviors are reviewed.
Physicians, psychologists, nurses, social workers, pharmacists, activity therapists, administrators, and other professionals who care for dementia patients in any setting will benefit from this course.
Registration :
Registration Fees:
| Physicians in practice | $145 |
| Psychologists in practice | $110 |
| Residents*, fellows*, and allied health professionals (*with letter from department chairperson verifying status.) | $90 |
Deadline for Abstracts: na
Email for Requests and Registration: cmenet@som.adm.jhu.edu