Two Virtual Alzheimer’s Programs: “Coping with Difficult Behaviors” & “Coconut Oil, Vitamins and Alzheimer’s: What Really Works?” – Optimum Senior Care – Chicago In Home Care – www.OptimumSeniorCare.com
2 NEW TOPICS:
Coconut Oil, Vitamins and Alzheimer’s: What Really Works?
&
Coping with Difficult Behaviors in Dementia: Strategies You
Can Use Today
1 Program by Phone
Coconut Oil, Vitamins and Alzheimer’s: What Really Works?
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
12-1 PM CST, 1-2 PM EST
There are plenty of theories surrounding what causes Alzheimer’s disease, and even more on ways to treat dementia symptoms. In a time when so many options are available, how do you make the right choices for your loved one? Learn from a physician what methods of treatment are approved for use and how to access them.
Robert Russell, Sr, MD
Medical Director, Kindred At-Home, Indianapolis, IN
Robert Russell, Sr, MD, is a post-acute care specialist and in-house physician for Lane House in Crawfordsville and Heritage Healthcare in West Lafayette, Indiana.
He is Medical Director for Kindred At-Home in Indianapolis, Indiana and 2018 president-elect for the Indiana Medical Directors Association. Dr. Russell is also an active member of the Medical and Scientific Advisory Council and Board of Directors for the Alzheimer’s Association Greater Indiana Chapter.
1 Live Webinar
Coping with Difficult Behaviors in Dementia:
Strategies You Can Use Today
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
11-Noon CST/ 12-1 PM EST
OR
1-2 PM CST / 2-3 PM EST
When a person with dementia experiences agitation, the resulting behaviors can be difficult to manage. While medications can provide benefits, there are effective non-pharmacological strategies that can be employed. Geriatrician Margaret Baumann, MD, will show us how making simple changes in how we relate to a person with dementia can make a world of difference in mitigating difficult behaviors.
Margaret M. Baumann, MD
Chief of Geriatric Medicine, Jesse Brown VA Medical
Center – Chicago, IL
Margaret M. Baumann, MD, is a 1982 graduate of Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha, Nebraska.
She completed her internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the West Side VA Medical Center (now the Jesse Brown VA). Dr. Baumann was a Fellow in Geriatric Medicine at Harvard University in Boston from 1986-1988. Following her clinical fellowship, she continued at Harvard as a Research Fellow. She is a diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine and has added qualifications in Geriatric Medicine. In 1990, she returned to Chicago as the Chief of Geriatrics & Extended Care at the West Side VA Medical Center. In 1997, Dr. Baumann moved to Hines VA Hospital as the Associate Chief of Staff for Geriatrics and Extended Care. She returned to Jesse Brown VA in 2015, where she serves as the Chief of Geriatric Medicine and the co-chair of the Dementia Committee.
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