Dementia Care on Air

Join Anna Chodos, MD, MPH and Serggio Lanata MD, MS, as they discuss providing dementia care and brain health education to Latino communities. Using San Francisco’s efforts as examples, they discuss specific considerations and strategies for engaging different Latino populations, such as establishing partnerships with community-based clinics to bring cognitive assessments directly into the community. Learn specific ways to reach and educate older adult Latinos on brain health topics to help build cognitive health literacy and improve dementia care. Anna Chodos, MD, MPH, Executive Director of Dementia Care AwareSerggio Lanata, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology at the University of California, San Francisco, and Director of the UCSF Memory and Aging Center Community Outreach Program CME/MOC and AAFP Evaluation SurveyCAMFT Evaluation Link

Join Anna Chodos, MD, MPH and Michelle Panlilio, DNP, GNP-BC, as they delve into the complexities of managing some of the most common behavioral symptoms of dementia in the primary care setting: “agitation”, challenges with bathing, and sexual disinhibition. In this episode, they offer practical strategies and tools for providers and care partners, shedding light on navigating these sensitive and often overlooked aspects of behavioral symptom management. Learn best practices for creating a safe environment both for the person with dementia and the caregiver while effectively addressing some of the most challenging dementia symptoms.Anna Chodos, MD, MPH, Executive Director of Dementia Care AwareMichelle Panlilio, DNP, GNP-BC, National Lead Dementia Care Specialist at UCLA Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care ProgramFor VIDEO resources on behavioral management, check out Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Videos User GuideCME/MOC and AAFP Evaluation Survey CAMFT Evaluation Link  

In this episode of Dementia Care on Air series, Anna Chodos, MD, MPH, Executive Director of Dementia Care Aware and Michelle Panlilio, DNP, GNP-BC, National Lead Dementia Care Specialist at UCLA Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care Program, talk about assessing behavioral symptoms of dementia.Join us as we discuss how healthcare professionals and caregivers can identify, understand, and interpret the behavioral changes associated with dementia. Gain valuable insights, practical tips, and expert advice to help you provide compassionate care and support for individuals living with dementia. Click here to watch the recording of a webinar on assessing behavioral symptoms on our YouTube channel.CME/MOC and AAFP Evaluation SurveyCAMFT Evaluation Survey

In this episode of Dementia Care on Air series, our new host, Kathryn Eubank, MD, a Medical Director, Geriatrics Consult Service and MACE Service at San Francisco VA Medical Center and a Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and a guest speaker Sarah M. Hooper, JD, Professor of Practice at UC Law SF and Executive Director of the UCSF-UC Law SF Consortium on Law, Science & Health Policy talk about social risks and benefits of cognitive health screening. This episode provides valuable information and tips for communicating with patients and caregivers about complex topics such as employment protection, advance care planning and access to long-term care services. Refer patients and caregivers to legalaidatwork.org for additional information and free legal services and Work and Family Helpline: 1-800-880-8047.Visit our website to take the Advance Care Planning online training, which identifies the purpose of advance care planning, and defines the three kinds of legal decision supporters a patient commonly needs.CME/MOC and AAFP Evaluation SurveyCAMFT Evaluation Survey

In this episode of Dementia Care on Air series, our guest speaker is Ian Neel, MD, Medical Director of the Geriatric Medicine Consult Service at Senior Behavioral Health at the University of California, San Diego. He discusses the practical implementation of a brain health plan with patients and their care partners, highlighting the importance of evidence-based strategies. The episode focuses on three crucial pillars of promoting brain health: addressing polypharmacy, physical activity, and mental stimulation, including socialization.This episode is for healthcare providers who want to delve deeper into how to implement an evidence-based brain health and actively seek strategies to enhance cognitive well-being of their patients.Click here to watch a related webinar, Implementing a Brain Health Plan - Evidence and Strategies, featuring Dr. Neel.Podcast listeners are eligible to receive FREE 0.5 CME and CAMFT credit. MOC is also provided. Please complete the survey below to claim credit.CME/MOC Evaluation SurveyCAMFT Evaluation Survey

Join Dementia Care Aware for a discussion on Paid Family Leave (PFL) and how opportunities can be increased for family caregivers to access PFL in California. Our guest speakers, Sharon Terman, Director of the Work and Family Program, and Katherine Wutchiett, Senior Staff Attorney at Legal Aid at Work, will shed light on the challenges faced by caregivers, who often feel compelled to quit their jobs when the person they support is diagnosed with a serious illness like dementia and they often don’t know that PFL is available to them. Learn how to empower caregivers to make use of this benefit to protect their income and employment.  Refer people to the Work and Family Helpline, 800-880-8047, or email workandfamily@legalaidatwork.org.To learn more about PFL, visit legalaidatwork.org/wfPodcast listeners are eligible to receive FREE 0.5 CME, AAFP, or CAMFT credit. MOC is also provided. Please complete the survey below to claim credit. CME and AAFP Evaluation Survey CAMFT Evaluation Survey 

In this episode, we are joined by two addiction medicine doctors in the UCSF Department of Medicine: Christine Soran, MD, MPH, assistant professor, primary care clinician, and medical director of the Office-Based Buprenorphine Induction Clinic; and Triveni Defries, MD, MPH, assistant professor, primary care clinician, and addiction medicine specialist. We will discuss how substance use disorders affect cognition, how to adapt the cognitive health assessment for patients with substance use disorders, and how to incorporate a workup for substance use disorders in the next- steps evaluation. You will also gain a deeper understanding and practical skills for how to better assess older patients for substance use disorders. Click here to watch a webinar, Adapting the Cognitive Health Assessment for Patients with Serious Mental Illness or Substance Use Disorder, featuring Dr. Soran and Dr. Defries. Podcast listeners are eligible to receive FREE 0.5 CME, AAFP, or CAMFT credit. MOC is also provided. Please complete the survey below to claim credit. CME and AAFP Evaluation Survey CAMFT Evaluation Survey 

In this podcast, Anna Chodos, MD, MPH, Executive Director of Dementia Care Aware, sits down with Wagahta Semere, MD an internist and researcher on caregiving in San Francisco, and Joseph Herrera, MSW, a social worker in geriatrics and a dementia specialty clinic working primarily with Latino patients in Los Angeles County. Together they will discuss the challenges of assessing and connecting in the clinic with caregivers of people living with dementia. The podcast delves into the importance of health care teams taking the time to assess caregivers’ needs, building relationships with them, and connecting them to available resources. The conversation also covers practical tips for fostering trust and the consideration of cultural factors affecting a person’s acceptance of the caregiving role as well as the need for self-care opportunities for caregivers. Overall, this podcast provides valuable insights into the practical aspects and nuances of working with caregivers in primary care.Wagahta Semere is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at University of California, San Francisco in the Division of General Internal Medicine, and Joseph Herrera is a social worker at the University of Southern California/Rancho Los Amigos California Alzheimer Disease Center.Podcast listeners are eligible to receive FREE 0.5 CME, AAFP, or CAMFT credit. MOC is also provided. Please complete the survey below to claim credit.CME and AAFP evaluation survey: https://ucsf.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8lfr8c7cDIct90aCAMFT evaluation survey: https://ucsf.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0iGdk82LgWGvMQ6

In this episode, Dr. Anna Chodos speaks with Elena Portacolone, PhD, MBA, MPH, about her work understanding the experiences of approximately 4.3 million older adults in the U.S. who live alone and have cognitive impairment or dementia. They talk about how common this is, how we can detect it, how we can make the most of the "miracle" of making a diagnosis in someone who lives alone, and how to build a team around that person. Dr. Portacolone is an Associate Professor of Sociology in the Institute for Health and Aging at UCSF and a Pepper Center Scholar at the Division of Geriatric Medicine at UCSF.  Some of her key articles:On Living Along with Alzheimer's DiseaseEffects and Meaning of Receiving a Diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment or Alzheimer's Disease When One Lives AloneThe concept of precarity in older age in the US, and specifically, among older adults living alone with cognitive impairment.Expectations of older adults with cognitive impairment of their relationships with health care providers. The Living Alone with Cognitive Impairment Project's Policy Advisory Group on Long-Term Services and SupportsListeners of this podcast episode are eligible to receive 0.5 CME, AAFP or CAMFT credit. MOC is also provided. Please complete the survey below to claim credit.CME and AAFP Evaluation Survey: https://ucsf.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_42ekOtoiEx58PTUCAMFT Evaluation Survey: https://ucsf.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9zNBE73upnkcP9c

In the first episode of the Dementia Care on Air podcast series, Dr. Anna Chodos speaks with Dementia Care Aware’s lead on educational development, Dr. Josette Rivera.  She will discuss the tool for cognitive health assessment, and explain how to screen your patients, and how to incorporate that into your practice.   Detecting dementia begins with the cognitive health assessment, a quick screen for cognitive decline, functional decline, and a person’s support system.  Listeners of this episode are eligible for 0.5 CME, AAFP, or CAMFT credit.  MOC is also provided. Please complete our evaluation survey using the link provided below. For this activity, we provide CME and California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT) credits. Please select the correct link based on the credit type you are claiming. Link to CME evaluation survey: https://ucsf.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4TPwfgo1vZUXjro Link to CAMFT evaluation survey: https://ucsf.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b7KKKd1QcL5v9j0 Check out our training programs and resources at DementiaCareAware.org. Dementia Care Aware is co-led by the California Department of Health Care Services and UCSF.