2020 NIA/RCMAR Preconference Webinar at GSA

Overview

This NIA/RCMAR webinar on November 2, Access to Care and Improved Outcomes for Diverse Populations With Cognitive Impairments looked at individual, provider, and systems factors that result in disparities of access and outcomes for people with dementia. It will also included issues from the research agenda that resulted from the 2018 and 2020 Dementia Care Summit. It focused on the research needs in diverse communities on access to dementia care, the role of informal care in formal care, and community-level interventions that can improve the diagnosis, treatment, and support of diverse elders with Alzheimer’s.

Learning Objectives

  • To understand individual, provider, and systems factors that result in disparities of access and outcomes for diverse populations with AD/ADRD
  • To learn about ways to improve the diagnosis, treatment, and support of diverse older adults with Alzheimer’s disease
  • To be aware of the NIH’s priority issues and research agenda that have emerged from their Dementia Care Summits

Funders

This webinar was supported by grant R13AG023033 from the National institute on aging/National Institutes of Health with support from AARP and is co-sponsored by the Minority Issues in Gerontology Advisory Panel.

Hourly Schedule

Welcome & Introductions

9:00 am9:05 am
Welcome
Lourdes Guerrero, EdD, MSW, Co-Director, RCMAR National Coordinating Center
9:059:15 am
Introductory Remarks
<a href="https://rcmar.org/documents/RCMAR%20Webinar%20GSA/MELISSA%C2%A0GERALD%C2%A0.pdf" target="_blank"><u>Melissa Gerald</u></a>, PhD, Program Director, Individual Behavioral Processes Branch, Division of Behavioral and Social Research National Institute on Aging/National Institutes of Health</a>
9:15 am9:35 am
<a href="https://rcmar.org/documents/RCMAR%20Webinar%20GSA/Joan%20Teno%20.pdf"_blank"><u>Keynote Presentation: Health care for those with advanced dementia</u></a>
<a href="https://rcmar.org/documents/RCMAR%20Webinar%20GSA/Lewis%20Short%20Bio_Oct%202020%20(1).pdf" target="_blank"><u>Joan Teno</u></a>, MD, MS, Oregon Health and Sciences University</a>
9:35 am9:45 am
Moderated Q&A
9:45 am10:00 am
<a href="https://rcmar.org/documents/RCMAR%20Webinar%20GSA/Lewis%2C%20JP%20GSA%20Pre%20Conference_FINAL%20-%20Nov%202020%20(1).pdf" target="_blank"><u>Access to care by older American Indians</u></a>
<a href="https://rcmar.org/documents/RCMAR%20Webinar%20GSA/Lewis%20Short%20Bio_Oct%202020%20(1).pdf"_blank"><u>Jordan Lewis</u></a>, PhD, University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth campus and the Memory Keepers Medical Discovery Team
10:00 am10:10 am
Moderated Q&A
10:10 am 10:25 am
<a href="https://rcmar.org/documents/RCMAR%20Webinar%20GSA/Quincy%20Samus.pdf" target="_blank"><u>Reducing unmet needs for older adults with dementia-the MIND at home trial</u></a>
<a href="https://rcmar.org/documents/RCMAR%20Webinar%20GSA/Quincy_Samus_Bio_102620.pdf"_blank"><u>Quincy Samus</u></a>, PhD, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine"_blank"><u>Quincy Samus</u></a>, PhD, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
10:25 am10:35 am
Moderated Q&A
10:35 am10:50 am
Care and Utilization Disparities Surrounding Acute Illness Care among Diverse Older Adults with Alzheimer's and Related Dementias
<a href="https://rcmar.org/documents/RCMAR%20Webinar%20GSA/Gilmore-Bykovskyi_Bio_10.2020.pdf"_blank"><u>Andrea Gilmore Bykovskyi</u></a>, PhD, RN, University of Wisconsin-Madison
10:50 am11:00 am
Moderated Q&A
11:00 am11:15 am
<a href="https://rcmar.org/documents/RCMAR%20Webinar%20GSA/LuchsingerGSA%20(1).pdf" target="_blank"><u>Strategies to reach Hispanic dementia caregivers</u></a>
<a href="https://rcmar.org/documents/RCMAR%20Webinar%20GSA/Jose%C2%A0Luchsinger.pdf"_blank"><u>Jose Luchsinger</u></a>, MD, MPH, Columbia University
11:15 am11:25 am
Moderated Q&A
11:25 am11:40 am
<a href="https://vimeo.com/473984530" target="_blank"><u>[Pre-recorded video] Resources and funding opportunities at NIA</u></a>
<a href="https://rcmar.org/documents/RCMAR%20Webinar%20GSA/Elena%20Fazio.pdf" target="_blank"><u>Elena M. Fazio</u></a>, PhD, Program Director, Division of Behavioral and Social Research, National Institute on Aging/National Institutes of Health
11:40 am11:50 am
Moderated Q&A
Melissa Gerald, PhD, Program Director, Division of Behavioral and Social Research, National Institute on Aging/National Institutes of Health
11:50 am12:00 pm
Final Words/Closing

Date

Nov 02 2020
Expired!

Time

Pacific Standard Time
9:00 am

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