This Dementia Care Aware webinar titled “The Role of Hearing on Physical and Cognitive Health” is the twenty-first in the series and discusses the link between hearing and physical and cognitive health. This webinar covers best practices for supporting individuals with difficulty hearing including how to get them hearing aids or appropriate corrections.
Presenter:
- Meg Wallhagen, PhD, GNP-BC, AGSF, GFSA, FAAN Director, UCSF Center of Gerontological Nursing Excellence
This Dementia Care Aware webinar titled “Cultural and Language Considerations for Cognitive Assessments: Special Focus on Filipino Americans” is the twentieth in the series and discusses language and cultural considerations for adapting the cognitive health assessments, with a special focus on Filipino Americans and the Tagalog language.
Presenter:
- Jessica De Leon, MD Assistant Professor of Neurology at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center
This Dementia Care Aware webinar titled “Dementia and Black/African American Populations” is the nineteenth in the series and discusses disparities in cognition, diagnosis, and care for Black/African Americans, and how to address these factors to promote equity and support aging in these communities.
Presenters:
- Charles Windon, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center
- Tanisha Hill-Jarrett, PhD, Neuropsychologist and Assistant Professor of Neurology at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center
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