Martin Family Alzheimer's Disease Caregiver Symposium Agenda

IN-PERSON AGENDA

All times are Eastern Standard Time (EST).

Friday, September 6, 2024

Parking and Directions

Please park in the Neuroscience Center garage attached to Goodman Hall (GPS address: 362 W 15th Street) not at Methodist Hospital

You can obtain your parking voucher at check-in and redeem it at the gate as you leave.

Check-in is open from 9:00am-2:30pm

Location: Atrium

Sign up for 1:1 Activities

Continental Breakfast (self-service): 9:00am-10:00am

Boxed Lunch Pickup: 12:45pm-1:30pm

Light Snacks, Coffee, & Beverages

Breakfast & Morning Activities (9:00am-10:00am)

Continental Breakfast (registered attendees only)

IADRC Staff

Atrium

IADRC Research Sign up

IADRC Staff

Atrium

Learn more about ongoing research studies at the IADRC and how to participate.

Vendors

List to follow

9:00am-9:45am

Cognitive Screening (15 min sessions)

Tyler Gannon, MPH

Get a free cognitive screening! We will schedule a phone call to discuss your results in approximately 1-2 weeks. Note: For people 60 years and older.

Center Updates (10:00am-10:30am)

10:00am-10:40am

IADRC Updates: Discovering Cures, Engaging Communities

Dr. Saykin and Dr. Wang will describe the mission of IADRC, highlight major findings in the field of Alzheimer’s disease, recognize the Martin Caregiver Symposium Event Sponsors (CICOA and the Alzheimer’s Association) and Vendors, welcome new OREC Faculty and Staff, thank our community partners, and provide updates on the latest center wide initiatives to increase diverse participation in its cohort.

Andrew Saykin, PsyD: IADRC Director

Sophia Wang, MD, MS: IADRC OREC Leader

Auditorium & Overflow Rooms

Event Sponsor Recognition (10:40am-10:55am)

10:40am-10:45am

Alzheimer’s Association, Event Sponsor

Natalie Sutton, MPA

Chapter Executive, Greater Indiana Chapter

Auditorium & Overflow Rooms

10:45am-10:50am

CICOA Aging & In-Home Solutions, Event Sponsor

Denise Jones Harrington, LSW, LAC, CSA, CDP

Director of Faith & Dementia Partnerships

5th Mary Guerriero Austrom Commemorative Keynote Lecture

11:00am-11:05am

Introduction of Grand Rounds Speaker

Sophia Wang, MD, MS, IADRC OREC Leader

Auditorium & Overflow Rooms

11:05am-11:55am

Speaker: Crystal M. Glover, PhD

Applied Social Psychologist and Mixed Methodologist, Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center

“Diverse Aging Trajectories of Black Caregivers of Persons Living with Dementia: A State of Affairs and Considerations for Leaps Forward”

10:50am-10:55am

Center for Neurodegenerative Disorders, Event Sponsor

Donna Wilcock, PhD, MS: Center Director

Barbara and Larry Sharpf Professor of Alzheimer's Disease Research, Professor of Neurology

Caregiver Panel Discussion

12:00m-12:45pm

Panel Discussion:

Moderator: Sophia Wang, MD, MS, IADRC OREC Leader

Panel Discussants:

Crystal M. Glover, PhD

Angelina Polsinelli, PhD, ABPP-CN

Michelle Bellamy, President, Silent Voices Home Care

Hank Mosley, Pastoral Care Director, Heartland Church

Auditorium & Overflow Rooms

Lunch (12:45pm-1:30pm)

12:45pm-1:30pm

Boxed Lunch (registered attendees only)

IADRC Staff

Atrium

12:45pm-1:30pm

IADRC Research Sign up

IADRC Staff

Atrium

 

Learn more about research studies at the IADRC and how to participate.

12:00pm-2:30pm

Vendors

See vendor list

Atrium

1st Afternoon Session (1:30pm-2:10pm)

12:00pm-2:30pm

Vendors

See vendor list

Atrium

1:30pm-2:10pm

Alzheimer’s Association presents: “The Empowered Caregiver: Building Foundations of Caregiving”

Format: Hybrid

Schonda Davis, MSW

Auditorium & Overflow Rooms

1:30pm-2:10pm

Mindfulness: Learn how to facilitate mindfulness in your daily life by understanding the mind-body connection through yoga, movement, and neuroscience! (sign-up required)

Format: In-Person

Sára Nemes

1353B

1:30pm-2:10pm

To DICE it or Medicate? Managing Behavioral Changes from Dementia (sign-up required)

Angelina Polsinelli, PhD, ABPP-CN

1362

Format: Skills training; workshop

This workshop will teach participants the evidence-based DICE method to manage behavioral changes from dementia without medications. Participants will be asked to bring examples of behavioral changes to demonstrate how DICE can be used.

1:30pm-2:10pm

Caregiver Journey - "Tackling a Challenge: Talking with Family Members about a Dementia Diagnosis" (sign-up required)

Format: Hybrid

Jan Mitchell

1352

 

1:1 Activity. Limited slots. Sign up at check-in.

1:30pm-2:10pm

Cognitive Screening (15 min sessions)

Tyler Gannon, MPH & Others

Ask at check-in

 

Get a free cognitive screening! We will schedule a phone call to discuss your results in approximately 1-2 weeks. Note: For people 60 years and older.

2nd Afternoon Session (2:15pm-3:00pm)

2:15pm-3:00pm

CICOA presents: Information session on Dementia Friends Indiana (DFI) & Memory Cafes"

Format: Hybrid

Amaris Scahill, Denise Jones Harrington

Auditorium

2:15pm-3:00pm

“A User-Friendly Guide to Psychotropic Use in Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias” (sign-up required)

Sophia Wang

1353B

 

Learn about when medications can be helpful to manage behavioral changes, common off-label medications used to manage behavioral changes, and what types of questions to ask the healthcare professionals when these medications for behavioral changes are being prescribed.

Format: Hybrid

2:15pm-3:00pm

Wellness Activity: "Move Against Dementia: Gentle Chair Exercises!"
(sign-up required)

Format: Hybrid

Shawn Rohrbach-Kim, MS, OT

1353A

2:15pm-3:00pm

Cognitive Screening (15 min sessions, sign-up required)

Tyler Gannon, MPH & Others

Ask at registration

 

Get a free cognitive screening! We will schedule a phone call to discuss your results in approximately 1-2 weeks. Note: For people 60 years and older.