Approximately 5% of all persons with Alzheimer’s disease begin experiencing symptoms before age 65. This does not include the thousands of individuals who suffer with other types of young onset dementias, including vascular, Lewy Body, frontotemporal and more. This interactive virtual program will help health and mental health professionals better understand:
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Jenerations Health Education, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0130. Participants are granted 1Contact Hours of Continuing Education*Live, on-line, self-study
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Young Onset Alzheimer's Disease: Who, What, When?, Course #4173, is approved by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program to be offered by Jenerations Health Education as an individual course. Individual courses, not providers, are approved at the course level. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. ACE course approval period: 04/26/2022 - 04/26/2024. Social workers completing this course receive 1 General Social Work Practice continuing education credits.
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Young Onset Alzheimers Disease who , What, When? (2.2 MB) | 71 Pages | Available after Purchase |
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.
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Learning Objectives:
Agenda
15 minutes: What types of dementia occur as young onset and hat are the contributing factors?
20 minutes: What are the signs of young onset dementia?
25 minutes: Strategies for support persons with young onset dementia and their families
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