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Protecting Memory and Cognition: Simple Steps Everyone Can Take
Most health and mental health professionals have healthy patients and clients who worry about their risk for dementia. Do you know how to advise them? Is it possible to delay or prevent Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias? Join us for this interactive program that helps you understand how biological, lifestyle and environmental factors influence our risk for cognitive conditions. Also covered will be how to have constructive preventive conversations with patients, clients and their caregivers about protecting their brains.
Content Level: Beginner to intermediate
Date of original program: 5.1.2023
Joanna Frankel
Joanna Frankel is a graduate of Towson University with her Bachelors in both Psychology and Gerontology. Following, Joanna obtained her MSW from the University of Maryland School of Social Work with a clinical concentration and a focus in Aging. Since, Joanna has been working in the long-term care setting for over 15 years. Her experience includes directing the social work department in a 205-bed facility, with clients who have a variety of mental health issues, long term care needs, at end of life, on dialysis and who are ventilator dependent. Additionally, Joanna is passionate about and has expertise in dementia, advance directives/end of life and mental health issues in the elderly. Furthermore, she has spent the last 10 years consulting in several nursing homes, educating social workers on the proper practices of long-term care while providing clinical supervision. Joanna has always educated interdisciplinary teams, patients and families on various topics on aging. When Joanna isn’t working, you can find her playing ball with her husband and 2 boys or at the nearest sushi restaurant.
