9 Things You Can Learn about Dementia Care at the Annual Meeting

Assisted living professionals and managers of memory care programs will find a host of interesting and informative sessions at this year’s LeadingAge Annual Meeting and EXPO.

Register today for 9 Annual Meeting sessions offering practical strategies to help you:

1. Use improvisational comedy to teach the basics of dementia caregiving and enhance quality of life for older adults living with dementia. Using Improv to Enhance Dementia Care (142-A) takes place on Oct. 30 at 3:15 p.m.
2. Engage persons living with dementia and their care partners in the decisions that affect their lives. A Movement Toward Authentic Partnerships in Dementia Care (20-B) takes place on Oct. 31 at 8:30 a.m.
3. Launch a performance project that gives voice to people who are living with dementia while challenging the stigma associated with dementia. Sharing the Experience of Living with Dementia (24-C) takes place on Oct. 31 at 3:30 p.m.
4. Deliver multimedia technologies that provide quality-of-life benefits to individuals with dementia and their caregivers. The Intersection of Technology and Dementia (7-D) takes place on Nov 1 at 8:30 a.m.
5. Improve quality of life and well-being for individuals living with dementia by reversing negative attitudes and practices, including a deficit-based approach to dementia care, and adopting person-centered dementia care. Living Well With Dementia (27-E) takes place on Nov. 1 at 3:30 p.m.
6. Apply new practices and current research from the Alzheimer’s Association to programs that deliver high-quality, compassionate, person-centered Alzheimer’s care and caregiver training across the continuum. Alzheimer's Care Research and Practice: What's New and on the Horizon (30-F) takes place Nov. 2 at 8:30 a.m.
7. Learn from senior living experts who lived as memory care residents in a variety of settings about how environmental design can support or challenge residents and staff, and why “negative behaviors” might not really be what they seem. The Dementia Diaries: Designing for Dementia Care (133-F) takes place on Nov. 2 at 8:30 a.m.
8. Use the Montessori philosophy to educate and empower staff so they can enhance the lives of elders with cognitive impairments. Montessori for Aging and Dementia: A Guide to Purposeful Living (155-G) takes place on Nov. 2 at noon.
9. Provide meaningful spiritual support to individuals who are living with dementia. Spirituality in the Context of Dementia: The Spirit Is Alive! (157-H) takes place on Nov. 2 at 2 p.m.

Read more about these and other Annual Meeting sessions.