General
Alzheimer's disease affects us all. We still know too little about this disease, however, scientific research keeps providing us with more knowledge. ABOARD, A Personalized Medicine Approach for Alzheimer's Disease, is a large scale research project that aims to provide a future with personalized diagnostics, prediction and prevention of Alzheimer's disease. ABOARD is being executed by a national public-private consortium. Starting this month the ABOARD-project will organize a series of webinars called 'Alzheimer's disease explained'. Every three months one of the research groups from the consortium will organize a webinar, that will put a different relevant topic in the spotlight. The webinars are free and accessible for everyone who is interested in Alzheimer's disease.
This webinars theme will be: 'Dementia & hospital care: What goes wrong & how could it be improved?'
Dementia is common in old age. Often it will be accompanied with other health problems. Therefore, people suffering from dementia often end up in hospitals. The vulnerability and specific needs for care for these patients is not always adequately recognized. This could result in problems in the communication with caregivers and challenges in the provision of health care.
These problems will be discussed in this webinar, and we will look for solutions to improve the hospital care of people with dementia. The webinar will provide valueble insights and practical information to improve the care for elderly people with dementia in hospitals. Together we will work to dementia friendly hospital care!
Speakers:
Barbara van Munster, professor internal geriatrics (MZH/UMCG)
Hospital admissions of people suffering from dementia are often unplanned. This could lead to severe consequences for both the patients and their caregivers. Caregivers have an important role, but do not always feel involved in the decisions made regarding care and treatment. In addition, restless behavior is often accompanied with hospital admissions. Care providers often do not know how to deal with this.
Marlise van Eersel, internist in geriatric medicine (UMCG)
Cognitive disorders are common in elderly hospital patients, but healthcare professionals do not always notice this. This could affect the treatment and outcome of the healthcare. How could we improve the recognition of cognitive declines in hospitals, and why is this so important?
Liesbeth Hempenius, klinisch geriater (MCL)
Also in outpatient clinics problems with thinking and memory are not always noticed by doctors. How could we improve the recognition of this and how can we take this into account with diagnistics and treatment?
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Contact
If you have any questions please call 020 4440612 or mail evenementen-alzheimercentrum@amsterdamumc.nl.