Recording: Overview of Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia (requires an aah.org email address to view)

Overview:

As of Jan 1, 2023, a new Illinois law mandates that every licensed healthcare professional who has direct patient interaction with adults age 26 years old and older must take at least an hour-long course on how to diagnose, treat, and care for patients with Alzheimer’s and other dementias. The curriculum within the course will focus on how to identify and diagnose Alzheimer’s, effective communication strategies, and management and care planning. The health care professional will need to take such a course once per their license renewal period.

Topic:
Overview of Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia 

Speaker:
Darren Gitelman, MD, FAAN, FANA

Moderator:
Ashley Kwasinski, DNP, APNP
Nurse Practitioner, Infectious Disease

Objectives:
At the completion of this activity, the participant should be able to:

•    Recognize the importance in making an early diagnosis of cognitive impairment in older adults
•    Review the different levels of cognitive impairment
•    Review the diagnosis and currently available treatments of Alzheimer’s disease
•    Review strategies for dementia risk reduction
•    Review upcoming treatments for Alzheimer’s disease 

Target Audience: Physicians, advanced practice clinicians and other interested healthcare professionals