Overview of Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia Recorded Session

The conference provides a comprehensive, clinically focused update on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, with an emphasis on evaluation, diagnosis, and emerging treatment approaches in primary care. Participants will review current epidemiology, early identification strategies, and practical tools for cognitive assessment, including brief screening instruments and diagnostic workflows. It will also explore advances in biomarker testing, evolving therapeutic options, and evidence-based approaches to care planning and risk reduction. Faculty will highlight real-world considerations for integrating these developments into routine practice, including communication of diagnosis, patient and caregiver support, and interdisciplinary care strategies. Designed for clinicians involved in the care of adults at risk for or living with cognitive impairment, this program emphasizes practical application, clinical decision-making, and improving outcomes across the continuum of dementia care.

Target Audience

This course is designed for physicians, nurses and other health care professionals.​​

Learning Objectives

At the end of this session, learners should be able to:

  • Apply contemporary diagnostic criteria and evaluation strategies to distinguish mild cognitive impairment, dementia syndromes, and Alzheimer’s disease in clinical practice.
  • Assess the benefits, limitations, and risks of current and emerging pharmacologic therapies, including cholinesterase inhibitors, memantine, and anti-amyloid treatments.
  • Implement evidence-based approaches to risk reduction, patient communication, and longitudinal care planning for individuals across the Alzheimer’s disease continuum. ​ ​
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 American Board of Surgery
    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME and Self-Assessment requirements of the American Board of Surgery's Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.
    • 1.00 ABS Self-Assessment
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    Aurora Health Care is accredited by the Wisconsin Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Aurora Health Care designates this activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 1.00 Attendance
    Attendance Credit
    • 1.00 Approved AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Continuing Nursing Education (CE)
    Aurora Health Care is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 1.00 contact hours have been awarded to this activity by the Wisconsin Nursing Association. To receive contact hours, participants must attend the entire activity.
  • 1.00 ABIM MOC Part II
    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.00 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
Course opens: 
06/25/2026
Course expires: 
12/18/2028
Cost:
$0.00
Rating: 
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Faculty
 

  • Diana Bottari, DO, FAAP, ADM, ABOIM, DABOM; Medical Director, Controlled Substance Monitoring Team, Midwest Region, Advocate Health; Medical Director, Integrative Medicine – Midwest Region, Advocate Health; Medical Director, Warm Handoff Services -Advocate Health-South PSA; Integrative Pain Physician, Advocate Medical Group Spine Care Center 
  • Ashley Kwasinski, DNP, APNP; Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) Specialty - Non-Procedural Ld; Advocate Health
  • Darren Gitelman, MD, FAAN, FANA; Senior Medical Director, Advocate Memory Center, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital; Director of Cognitive Disorders, Advocate Medical Group – IL; Neurosciences Medical Research Director; Professor of Neurology, Wake Forest University Medical School 

 

Disclosure

The following faculty speakers and/or planning committee members have disclosed the following:

Faculty Name

Name of Ineligible Companies

Nature of Relationship

Darren Gitelman, MD

Abbvie and Lily

Advisory Board and performs Research

 EisaiConsultant and Researcher
 Biogen, Bristol Myers Squibb and Cassava. Researcher

The other planner(s) and speaker(s) have indicated that there are no relevant financial relationships with any ineligible companies to disclose. All of the relevant financial relationships listed for [this individual/these individuals] have been mitigated.

Accreditation Statement
 

In support of improving patient care, Advocate Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 

Credit Statement(s)
 

American Medical Association (AMA) 
Advocate Health designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) 
Advocate Health designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1.00 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Board Recognition Statement(s)
 

American Board of Surgery (ABS)
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME and Self-Assessment requirements of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.

American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) 
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.00 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 American Board of Surgery
    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME and Self-Assessment requirements of the American Board of Surgery's Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.
    • 1.00 ABS Self-Assessment
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    Aurora Health Care is accredited by the Wisconsin Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Aurora Health Care designates this activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 1.00 Attendance
    Attendance Credit
    • 1.00 Approved AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Continuing Nursing Education (CE)
    Aurora Health Care is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 1.00 contact hours have been awarded to this activity by the Wisconsin Nursing Association. To receive contact hours, participants must attend the entire activity.
  • 1.00 ABIM MOC Part II
    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.00 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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