“New in 2017, Senior Living Executive magazine will recognize professionals under 40 who are emerging visionaries and thought leaders working to create a better future for senior living.” https://www.conferenceabstracts.com/cfp2/login.asp?EventKey=KAQUWXIR
“Best practice in capacity assessment recognises that capacity is situationally specific, meaning that a person may not have capacity to take certain actions, but still have capacity to take other actions.” http://dementia.stir.ac.uk/blogs/dementia-centred/2017-01-09/sexuality-capacity-and-consent
“About 27,000 Montanans” will have Alzheimer’s or some form of dementia “by 2025. In response, local health-care workers are increasing efforts to educate Montana communities on how to react to the disease.” http://www.dailyinterlake.com/article/20170117/ARTICLE/170119883
“Individuals with Down syndrome (DS), or trisomy 21, develop a clinical syndrome of dementia with clinical and neuropathologic characteristics almost identical to those of AD as described in individuals without DS.” http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1136117-overview
https://www.google.com/amp/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/38669395?client=safari
Nominees must be CDPs and CADDCTs in good standing. Entries must be submitted by March 15. To download the nomination form: http://blog.nccdp.org/educator-of-the-year.htm
Researchers have found that silent strokes “impact less-functional areas of the brain,” but “they can still have a significant and lasting impact on memory.” http://www.fiftyplusadvocate.com/archives/11325
https://www.prnewschannel.com/2017/01/09/exceptional-chief-nursing-officer-kelli-m-hansen-ms-bsn-rn-cmcn-lnc-csa-cdp-will-be-presented-in-the-worldwide-leaders-in-healthcare/
Learn more and register: http://asaging.org/elder-mistreatment-understanding-abuse-and-neglect-part-i
“Debra Boyden has been named Memory Care Director at Scott-Farrar.” She “brings over a decade overseeing assisted living memory care programs and is a Certified Dementia Practitioner and a former board member of the Alliance…