"100 Years of Alzheimer's: The History, the Research and the Findings"

9:00 am - 4:15 pm
CEUs: $ 80.00
No CEUs: $ 45.00
6.0 CEUs available for:

  • LSW/LISW/SWA (CSWMFT #: RSX069601)

  • Nurses ​(via reciprocity with the CSWMFT board)

  • LNHA (BELTSS)

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Summary: 

Join Us...for a program that will ask and answer questions about the human mind as quotes from Science and leaders in the field are shared from across the country and around the world. Data from University and Hospital research centers will be highlighted along with summary data from the history of medicine in psychiatry, social science and neuroscience. A variety of healthcare disciplines have played significant historical roles in the collection and dissemination of knowledge surrounding the brain and its function. This workshop will take a look at the 5 pathways to understanding and share the current research findings and facts about the most common debility among the geriatric population. These insights will dispel common myths and reveal the importance and complexity of diagnostic testing. Care-givers around the world share the same concerns. We will discuss the prevalence of depression and explore the elements that have been proven to enhance 'quality of life.' An address on the drug warnings and look at our imbedded medical presumptions can serve to enlighten professionals as they move into the future of healthcare where cognitive loss has increased in prevalence. As science is learning to read minds, we are witnesses to the new frontier of Neuro-ethics and are learning much about how little we really know.

Objectives:

  • Obtain summary data from research presented at National and International Dementia Conferences.
  • Recognize 'quality of life' as a key factor in developing interventions for the chronically ill and cognitively impaired
  • List six criteria utilized by neurologists to diagnose Alzheimer's Disease
  • Correlate the prevalence of depression to cognitive loss and early onset dementia diagnoses
  • Discuss baseline considerations for treatment of depression as a comorbidity
  • Differentiate Alzheimer's disease from multiple 'other' types of dementia
  • Define neuro-plasticity
  • Establish a global perspective of current trends in Alzheimer's care and intervention
  • Recognize Neuro-ethics as a new frontier in medical science

About the Speaker: Jeannie Flossie

Jeannie Flossie - Is a licensed nurse, Nursing Home Administrator and holds a Master’s degree in Education.  As sole proprietor of Cognitive Concepts Consulting Services, she was certified in Person Centered Care/Dementia Mapping in 2002, and was qualified by the Alzheimer’s Foundation of American as an Excellence in Care Specialist in 2007.  She has been providing training and consultation for medical professionals, at every level, for over 30 years; and her scope of expertise includes multiple facets of education, family and caregiver dynamics and intervention. 

Jeannie has been an invited guest speaker at National, State and local levels and presented her work on ‘Alzheimer’s type dementia’ at the International Alzheimer’s Convention in Washington, D.C.

She has served the citizens of Ohio as Vice President of the Ohio Board of Nursing and as a public speaker she brings research, reality, and first-hand experience, to the front of the class.

REGISTRATION & CANCELLATION INFORMATION:

​Class sizes are limited, so register early.  Classes with low registrations may be canceled.  If the class is canceled or moved, participants will be contacted via email at least 24 hours in advance.

Classes start and end on time.  To ensure a quality experience for all, please arrive (in-person) at least 15 minutes prior to the class start time.  

SOCIAL WORKERS: CEU credits will be adjusted 0.25 credit hours for every 15 minutes not in attendance; adjusted certificates will be emailed to participants within 3 business days after the training.  LICENSED NURSING HOME ADMINISTRATORS: full participation is expected, no partial credit will be awarded. Hard copies of certificates will be mailed upon request.

It is difficult to control room temperature to everyone's comfort level.  We suggest you dress in layers that can be adaptable to warm and cool temperatures.

For auditing purposes, arrival and departure times and signature are required on attendance sheets.