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Want an example of how to administer the cognitive health assessment? Take a look at this example of a primary care clinician administering a cognitive health assessment.   Also, watch how the clinician addresses the patient’s brain health care plan.    These examples can help you learn how to incorporate these tools into your practice! With earlier detection, we can provide better care. Check out all our trainings with FREE CE and CME/MOC at: www.DementiaCareAware.org #dementia #dementiaawareness #earlydetection #primarycareproviders #clinicans #primarycareclinican #implementationstrategies with UCSF Division of Geriatrics Dementia Care Aware California Department of Health Care Services #brainhealth #brainhealthmatters

Globally, clinicians are both under-educated on #dementia, and under-resourced to provide adequate post-diagnosis care for people living with dementia. Medical school and other training for clinicians focuses on the medical interventions of an illness rather than psychosocial challenges for patients and their families. 🚨 For people #LIVINGwithDementia and their caregivers, this just doesn’t cut it. 🚨 Care teams must become dementia care specialists and be skilled in the critical areas that help people navigate the day to day. This is why we built the Rippl Academy - exclusively for our care teams. At the Rippl Academy, our focus for training is on the medical complexity of dementia but also behavioral health issues, social determinants of health, stigma of dementia, challenges of family dynamics, relationship building and more. That can take the form of our first-of-its-kind exclusive dementia training program developed with McLean Hospital or health equity training from Violet or a clinic on motivational interviewing. It all works together as we endeavor to set the gold standard of building a skilled, dementia-capable workforce. It’s all about delivering the right care by the right people at the right place and we’re committed to getting seniors the care they deserve. #donewaiting #createarippl #ripplchangemakers More information about the global lack of dementia care here: https://lnkd.in/e8vk9wkE  More about the Rippl Academy here: https://lnkd.in/e3DvNTzp

For my Research Design and Qualitative Methods course taught by Dr. Ding Fei, I examined opportunities to integrate age-friendly and dementia-friendly planning initiatives. Planners desire to consider dementia in their work, but collaborations with healthcare providers and experts are key in identifying specific programs and funding sources for people living with dementia. #dementia #qualitativeresearch #dementiafriendly

Today's Geriatric Medicine recently featured an article authored by Reza Hosseini Ghomi, MD, MSE focused on caring for patients with dementia. As providers navigate a rapidly changing landscape of new treatments, evolving clinical data, and a surge of cognitive care needs, new technology-enabled options for cognitive testing and care planning are making dementia care more accessible, enabling early diagnosis and intervention. Read more: https://lnkd.in/e-babHvV #cognitiveimpairment #alzheimers #dementia #careplanning #geriatricmedicine #braincheck

Advanced-level training aims to translate theories and research evidence into clinical practice which focuses on transforming dementia care. This training is suitable for health and social care professionals working with individuals with dementia and their family carers. The training is delivered by Dr Phuong Leung-Individual Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (iCST) Dementia Training Consultancy Learn more and book your training https://lnkd.in/dG5daEd #dementia #dementiacare #dementiaawareness #dementiasupport #dementiacaregiver #dementiaeducation #dementiaprevention #dementiaintervention #dementiatraining #learningdevelopment hashtag #professionaldevelopment hashtag #onlinetraining #onlineeducation

Managing caregiver relationships as a competency Why it’s important Family caregivers go by a lot of names, and whether you call them family caregivers, carers or care partners, they play an essential role in our health care system. Our health care teams will find themselves interacting with them and needing them more and more in the months and years to come. Just as physician practices have adapted to work more effectively with multidisciplinary teams, they must also prepare to accommodate the presence of, and appreciate the role of, family caregivers. Enter the Caregiver-Centered Care Competency Framework and Education for Health Providers to Support Family Caregivers. The framework emphasizes the competencies that health workforce must acquire to establish and maintain relational skills, such as communication, collaboration, partnering with and engaging family caregivers to help them not only to sustain care but also to maintain their own health and well-being. Dr. Jasneet Parmar, a Care of the Elderly physician with the Edmonton zone Specialized Geriatrics Program, as well as a professor with the U of A Department of Family Medicine, was the lead author on the framework. https://lnkd.in/gfJsv4uy

Caring for someone with dementia can be hard. There are physical, emotional, financial, and lifestyle changes to face. An estimated 33-60% of people with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias have a firearm in the home, and 38% of their caregivers identify firearms as an issue to address. Discussing firearm safety in the home can be difficult but having a plan in place can promote safety and help minimize caregiver stress. In collaboration with caregivers, dementia organizations, firearm organizations, and other experts, a team at the University of Colorado is studying the effectiveness of an online educational resource. This free online resource is part of a study that aims to help caregivers of people living with dementia clarify values and make decisions about firearms access, driving, or take steps to improve safety at home, and then commit to implementing their preferred option. Join the Safe at Home research study to get access to valuable resources for friends or family members of someone with dementia, help research that supports dementia caregivers, and receive up to $180. To learn more and to see if you are eligible to participate, visit https://lnkd.in/g2mtvfsi. If you have any questions, feel free to contact the research team by emailing [email protected] or calling 303-724-4077. 

More than 6 million Americans are living with #dementia and by 2050, this number is projected to rise to nearly 13 million. And yet help is hard to find.   20 U.S. states have already been identified as “dementia neurology deserts,” meaning they are projected to have fewer than 10 neurologists per 10,000 people with dementia in 2025. (Source: Alzheimer's Association) Our healthcare system is letting our seniors down and it’s not OK. This is why Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently announced the #GUIDEmodel and why we feel so much urgency everyday. Rippl has pioneered a new research-backed care model to dramatically expand access to high quality, integrated behavioral healthcare for seniors, their families and caregivers - keeping them out of the ER and thriving at 🏡home. Let’s talk about the GUIDE program and improving dementia care! #createarippl #LIVINGwithDementia #donewaiting #dementiacaregivers #breakthestigma