Continuing Education Telecare Series to Focus on Alzheimer's Disease

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 17, 2012) -- The University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging will host the first of a four-part series about Alzheimer's disease training for health care providers on Oct. 23.

"Alzheimer's Disease: Diagnosis, Treatment and Research Advances," will be held from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Kentucky Clinic, 740 S. Limestone in room K116, across from the optical shop. It will also be held via teleconference from 6-7:30 p.m. eastern time at the University of Lousiville geriatrics department and St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead. It will be presented from 5-6:30 p.m. central time at Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah and Murray-Calloway County Hospital in Murray.

Dr. Greg Jicha will be presenting on the topic. Jicha is the clinical director for the UK Alzheimer’s Disease Center and an associate professor in the Department of Neurology and Sanders-Brown Center on Aging at UK. The presentation will aim to distinguish normal age-related cognitive change from changes associated with dementia and also identify different screening modalities for dementia to use in developing a practice-based screening strategy.

This conference targets physicians, nurses and nurse practitioners, nursing home administrators, home health providers, allied health providers, social workers and other health care professionals who work with persons with Alzheimer’s disease. The presentation can also be used for continuing education credits in medicine, nursing, nursing home administration and social work.

Individual pre-registration is required. Contact Hardin Stevens at OVARGEC@uky.edu or (859) 257-1510 for registration information.

For more information or help finding the location of the conference at the Kentucky Clinic, contact Frank Farmer at fhfarm2@uky.edu or Kari Heflin at kari.heflin@uky.edu.

MEDIA CONTACT: Allison Elliott, allison.elliott@uky.edu