A free webinar series on the different types of dementias, will begin this March
Recent research reflects a growing understanding of non-Alzheimer’s dementias. While Alzheimer’s disease continues to make up a majority of the dementia diagnoses, studies estimate the prevalence of vascular dementia to be 10-30%, making it the second most common dementia (WHO, 2012, Alzheimer’s Disease International, 2009; Stephan & Brayne, 2008; Alzheimer’s Society, 2007).
Estimates for the prevalence of Lewy Body dementia tend to be harder to pinpoint, with some studies estimating prevalence at less than five percent and others estimating it at ten percent or even as high as vascular dementia (Stephan & Brayne, 2008, WHO, 2012, Alzheimer’s Disease International, 2009).
It is estimated that Parkinson’s disease dementia, a type of Lewy Body dementia, affects up to two percent of those over 65 and that of the nearly one million Americans with Parkinson’s, 50-80% will experience the dementia associated with it (Alzheimer’s Association, 2013).
Additionally, there is increasing evidence to suggest that mixed dementia, a combination of two or more types of dementia, is more prevalent than previously thought and that it under diagnosed (Stephan and Brayne, dementia public policy; world report).
For these reasons it is important to provide sound, evidence-based training on the different types of dementias, including the origins, symptoms and best practice treatments. Therefore, this series, through virtual training and active learning, seeks to advance the training and workforce development goals of the Virginia Dementia State Plan.
The webinar series will consist of a pre-recorded 30-minute free lecture that briefly reviews types of dementia and three, live 60-minute free webinars on different types of dementia
Click on each link for details and event registration:
GENERAL DEMENTIA OVERVIEW(pre-recorded) Presenter: Ellen Phipps, MSG, Alzheimer's Association Central and Western Virginia Chapter Introduction: Lynne Seward, Virginia Alzheimer's and Related Disorders Commission
VASCULAR AND MIXED DEMENTIA - Monday, March 17, 2014 1:30-2:30 p.m. ET Presenter: Carol Manning, PhD, ABPP-CN, University of Virginia Moderator: E. AynWelleford, PhD, AGHEF, Virginia Commonwealth University
PARKINSON'S DISEASE DEMENTIA - Thursday, April 3, 2014 1:30-2:30 p.m. ET Presenter: Matthew Barrett, MD, MS, University of Virginia Moderator: E. AynWelleford, PhD, AGHEF, Virginia Commonwealth University
LEWY BODY DEMENTIA - Thursday, May 29, 2014 1:30-2:30 p.m. ET Presenters: Charles Driscoll, MD, University of Virginia and Angela Taylor, Lewy Body Dementia Association Moderator: E. AynWelleford, PhD, AGHEF, Virginia Commonwealth University
