Track: Dementia Management in the Acute Care Setting

Keynote, Sounds of Silence: Ending the Stigma of Alzheimer’s Disease

Susan Wehry, MD, Chief of Geriatrics,
University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine

Session A
Creating an Operational Plan to Address Dementia in the Hospital Setting: Why, When and How, Alice Bonner, PhD, RN, Senior Advisor in Aging, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Director of Strategic Partnerships for the CAPABLE Program, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing; Linda Pellegrini RN GNP, MS, Division of Geriatrics, UMass Memorial, Member, Medical Science Committee Alzheimer’s Association MA/NH and Governor’s Advisory Council On Alzheimer’s Research and Treatment; Judith Johanson, Wife, Caregiver and Advocate

Session B
Approach to Care for the Dementia Patient in a General Medical-Surgical Hospital, David S. Harnett, MD, Attending Psychiatrist & Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Tufts Medical Center

The Role of the Social Worker in Supporting Caregivers in the Disease Process: In the Acute Care Setting and Beyond, Anne Marie Olsen-Hayward, LICSW, Outpatient Geriatric Therapist, Frisbie Memorial Hospital Geropsychiatry

Session C
From Policy to Implementation: Making Your Hospital Dementia Friendly, Sheila Kennedy,
MD, Medical Director of Quality/Hospitalist, Emerson Hospital; Terrie Enis PT, MSPT, Director of Ambulatory Services and Service Line Development, Emerson Hospital; Martha Rafferty, RN, BSN, Director, Emergency Services, Emerson Hospital; Margaret Foley, RN, MSN, Director of Care Management, Emerson Hospital