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Introduction to Dementia Care California
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What is Dementia?
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How to Normalize Screening
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How to Diagnose Dementia
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Adapting Your Assessments
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Starting a Care Plan
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How to Discuss Dementia
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How to Support and Include Caregivers
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Understanding & Managing Behaviors
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Conclusion
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There are several excellent toolkits that review dementia screening, assessment, diagnosis, and management that may b

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Identifying caregivers, assessing their needs, and connecting them to resources is crucial for people living with dementia.

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Care Partner Assessment, Community Resources for Older Adults and Care Partners

This University of California San Francisco Memory and Aging Center site provides information about different causes and types of dementia.

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Education and Training

This website provides information on medications recommended for managing the symptoms associated with dementia and medications to avoid in people with…

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Medications for Dementia, Education and Training

PREPARE is a step-by-step program developed to empower people and their family, friends, and caregivers to obtain and understand medical information and to…

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Medical-Legal Resources

An academic & community-based research program focused on improving the quality of life of LGBTQIA+ older adults.

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Education and Training

This National Institute on Aging site provides information about Lewy body dementia and includes types of Lewy body dementia, clinical symptoms,…

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Screening and Clinical Care, Education and Training

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Alzheimer’s Disease Program (ADP) provides information about conditions that cause dementia, social…

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Screening and Clinical Care, Education and Training

Resources for health systems and medical professionals across California to help enhance care and improve dementia outcomes.

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Screening and Clinical Care, Education and Training

This webpage provides information about the causes, signs, symptoms and current research of Late Predominant Age-Related TDP-43 Encephalopathy (LATE).

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Screening and Clinical Care, Education and Training

The Modified Caregiver Strain Index (MCSI) is an easy-to-use tool that can quickly screen for caregiver strain in long-term caregivers.

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Care Partner Assessment
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