Dementia Care on Air

Dr. Anna Chodos, MD, MPH and Dr. Sandeep Pagali from the Mayo Clinic discuss different methods and tools to address Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD).   Click on this link, “Tried and True” and the New – Insights into Behavior Management in Dementia Front Matter, for additional CE/CEU information.    After the completion of this activity, learners will be able to:   Discuss...

Anna Chodos, MD, MPH , talks to Lawren VanDevrede, MD, PhD , Assistant Professor of Neurology at UCSF, as he explains developments the diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer’s disease, how to use and interpret biomarkers, and what the new monoclonal treatments for Alzheimer's disease mean for practice and our patients.  The link to the 2024 guideline for Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis mentioned in...

Join Anna Chodos, MD, MPH, and Caleb E. Logan, Staff Attorney at Elder Law & Advocacy, as they discuss the principles of legal capacity and how to apply capacity principles to situations involving medical providers.  Anna Chodos, MD, MPH, Executive Director of Dementia Care Aware   Caleb E. Logan, Staff Attorney at Elder Law & Advocacy  Watch the webinar , “Primary Care’s Role in Assessing...

Join Anna Chodos, MD, MPH, and Margaret Wallhagen, PhD, as they discuss the link between hearing and physical and cognitive health. This episode provides valuable information and best practices for supporting individuals with difficulty hearing, including how to get them hearing aids or appropriate correction. Anna Chodos, MD, MPH, Executive Director of Dementia Care Aware Margaret Wallhagen, PhD,...

Join Anna Chodos, MD, MPH, and Elena Tsoy, PhD, as they discuss cultural and linguistic considerations for Asian American and Pacific Islander patients with dementia. Anna Chodos, MD, MPH, Executive Director of Dementia Care Aware Elena Tsoy, PhD Clinical Neuropsychologist and Assistant Professor, University of California, San Francisco Free CE/CME credits will be available only for podcasts relea...

Join Anna Chodos, MD, MPH and Charles Windon, MD as they discuss new disease modifying therapies that are available for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and their relevance to existing disparities in dementia care.  Anna Chodos, MD, MPH, Executive Director of Dementia Care Aware Charles Windon, MD Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology UCSF Memory and Aging Center Free CE/CME credits will b...

Join Anna Chodos, MD, MPH and Tanisha Hill-Jarrett, PhD, as they discuss disparities in cognition, diagnosis, and care for Black/African Americans, and how to address these factors to promote equity and support aging in these communities  Anna Chodos, MD, MPH, Executive Director of Dementia Care Aware Tanisha Hill-Jarrett, PhD, Neuropsychologist and Assistant Professor of Neurology at the UCSF Mem...

Join Anna Chodos, MD, MPH and Serggio Lanata MD, MS, as they discuss providing dementia care and brain health education to Latino communities. Using San Francisco’s efforts as examples, they discuss specific considerations and strategies for engaging different Latino populations, such as establishing partnerships with community-based clinics to bring cognitive assessments directly into the communi...

Join Anna Chodos, MD, MPH and Michelle Panlilio, DNP, GNP-BC, as they delve into the complexities of managing some of the most common behavioral symptoms of dementia in the primary care setting: “agitation”, challenges with bathing, and sexual disinhibition. In this episode, they offer practical strategies and tools for providers and care partners, shedding light on navigating these sensitive and...

In this episode of Dementia Care on Air series, Anna Chodos, MD, MPH, Executive Director of Dementia Care Aware and Michelle Panlilio, DNP, GNP-BC, National Lead Dementia Care Specialist at UCLA Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care Program, talk about assessing behavioral symptoms of dementia. Join us as we discuss how healthcare professionals and caregivers can identify, understand, and interpret the be...

In this episode of Dementia Care on Air series, our new host, Kathryn Eubank, MD, a Medical Director, Geriatrics Consult Service and MACE Service at San Francisco VA Medical Center and a Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and a guest speaker Sarah M. Hooper, JD, Professor of Practice at UC Law SF and Executive Director of the UCSF-UC Law SF Consortium on Law, Scie...

In this episode of Dementia Care on Air series, our guest speaker is Ian Neel, MD, Medical Director of the Geriatric Medicine Consult Service at Senior Behavioral Health at the University of California, San Diego. He discusses the practical implementation of a brain health plan with patients and their care partners, highlighting the importance of evidence-based strategies. The episode focuses on t...

Join Dementia Care Aware for a discussion on Paid Family Leave (PFL) and how opportunities can be increased for family caregivers to access PFL in California. Our guest speakers, Sharon Terman, Director of the Work and Family Program, and Katherine Wutchiett, Senior Staff Attorney at Legal Aid at Work, will shed light on the challenges faced by caregivers, who often feel compelled to quit their jo...

In this episode, we are joined by two addiction medicine doctors in the UCSF Department of Medicine: Christine Soran, MD, MPH, assistant professor, primary care clinician, and medical director of the Office-Based Buprenorphine Induction Clinic; and Triveni Defries, MD, MPH, assistant professor, primary care clinician, and addiction medicine specialist.  We will discuss how substance use disorders...

In this podcast, Anna Chodos, MD, MPH, Executive Director of Dementia Care Aware, sits down with Wagahta Semere, MD an internist and researcher on caregiving in San Francisco, and Joseph Herrera, MSW, a social worker in geriatrics and a dementia specialty clinic working primarily with Latino patients in Los Angeles County. Together they will discuss the challenges of assessing and connecting in th...

In this episode, Dr. Anna Chodos speaks with Elena Portacolone, PhD, MBA, MPH, about her work understanding the experiences of approximately 4.3 million older adults in the U.S. who live alone and have cognitive impairment or dementia. They talk about how common this is, how we can detect it, how we can make the most of the "miracle" of making a diagnosis in someone who lives alone, and...

In the first episode of the Dementia Care on Air podcast series, Dr. Anna Chodos speaks with Dementia Care Aware’s lead on educational development, Dr. Josette Rivera. She will discuss the tool for cognitive health assessment, and explain how to screen your patients, and how to incorporate that into your practice.   Detecting dementia begins with the cognitive health assessment, a quick screen for...