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MACMHB/MDCH Present:
Dementia and CMH Population: How to Recognize Dementia and What to Do
Featuring: Shelly Weaverdyck, PhD, EMU Alzheimer’s Education and Research Program
3 options:
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March 6, 2014: Lansing
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March 12, 2014: Sterling Heights
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April 1, 2014: Traverse City
Registration: 8:30am | Training: 9:00am - 4:00pm
TRAINING DESCRIPTION:
This session will address dementia as it occurs among persons who use CMH services. Symptoms and the course of various types of dementia (e.g., Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia with Lewy Bodies, and Frontotemporal dementia) will be described, as well as its co-occurrence with mental illness. Misdiagnosis of dementia, the effects of brain changes in dementia on cognition, behavior, and functioning, and finally implications for intervention will be discussed. Non-pharmacological intervention strategies that address dementia and are individualized to the person, disorder, and situation will be explored.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
Dementia and the CMH Population’ was created for all CMHSP workers and providers who come into contact (briefly or otherwise) with persons who use CMH services. Join us as we learn ways to recognize evidence of dementia in the people we see (e.g., ways in which MI and dementia might look similar or different) and helpful ways to intervene.
(Not for ACT teams - Teams have had a similar training with “Mental Illness and Dementia: What is Going On and How Can I Help?)
The Michigan Department of Community Health, through the Michigan Association of CMH Boards, has provided funding for this initiative through the Federal Community Mental Health Block Grant.
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