Dementia Basics-June&July-part 2-Types of Dementia

Dementia Basics-Part 2 Types of Dementia
Part 2-Types of Dementia
a) Define Chronic disease
b) Classifying Cognitive Decline: Aging, MCI and Dementia
c) Learning and forgetting
d) What is Dementia?
e) Alzheimer’s Disease
f) Diagnosis / Management
g) Vascular Dementia
h) Diagnosis / Management
i) Other Dementias: Frontotemporal, Lewy Body, Parkinson’s Disease
j) Diagnosis / Management
Dr. Neil Thomas,
MD, FCFPC, MSc
Neurologist Bruyère Memory Program Bruyère Continuing Care Affiliate Investigator Bruyère Research Institute Assistant Professor, Neurology, Department of Medicine, uOttawa.
Dr. Neil Thomas completed his medical school and neurology residency training at the University of Ottawa. He then completed a fellowship in geriatric neurology and dementia at the Oregon Health and Science University and Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Dr. Thomas currently sees patients at the Bruyère Memory Program. His research focus is on using home-based technologies to evaluate individuals with cognitive impairment. He is also interested in how these technologies could be used to objectively measure time and effort related to caregiving activities and the impact this has on caregiver burden.
Host: German Chique-Alfonzo, MD, MHPE, Education Coordinator