This Dementia Care Aware webinar is about the importance of working with an interprofessional team when conducting a cognitive health assessment.

Presenters

• Katherine De Azambuja, MD — Assistant Clinical Professor in the Division of Geriatric of Medicine and Gerontology at the University of California, Irvine

The California Department of Health Care Services, in partnership with the University of California, San Francisco, is proud to launch Dementia Care Aware, an initiative to improve the ability of primary care teams to detect dementia and create stage-appropriate care plans for higher-risk and historically marginalized Medi-Cal beneficiaries. This Dementia Care Aware webinar titled “Dementia Care Aware: The Cognitive Health Assessment Basics” is the first in the series and introduces the DCA initiative and discusses its centerpiece, the cognitive health assessment.

Presenters

• Anna Chodos, MD, MPH — Executive Director, Dementia Care Aware
• Kim McCoy Wade, JD  — Senior Advisor on Aging, Disability, and Alzheimer’s at the Office of California Governor Gavin Newsom
• Karen Marks, MD, MPH, PhD — Medical Director at the California Department of Healthcare Services
• Jacey Cooper — State Medicaid Director and Cheif Deputy Director for Health Care Programs at the California Department of Healthcare Services
• Susan DeMarois — Director at the California Department of Aging

This Dementia Care Aware webinar is about the benefits of early detection for patients, caregivers, and the health care team and how this can empower us in caring for people living with dementia.

Presenters

• Anna Chodos, MD, MPH — Executive Director of Dementia Care Aware
• Mary N. Rousseve — Health Communications and Marketing Specialist for Alzheimer’s Disease Program at the California Department of Public Health
• Soo Borson, MD — Co-Lead for NYU BOLD Center on Early Detection of Dementia
• Sarah Hooper, JD — Executive Director of the UCSF/UC Hastings Consortium on Law, Sciences & Health Policy