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Care Connection Webinar: Supporting Older Adults with Mental Health Challenges and Dementia

October 13, 2022 @ 1:00 pm 2:00 pm

This session presents an approach to navigating and differentiating the symptoms of mental health challenges and dementia among older adults.

Speaker: Art Walaszek, MD

  • Vice Chair for Education and Faculty Development at the University of Wisconsin, Department of Psychiatry
  • Director, Public Health Pillar of the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Institute
  • Co-leader of the Outreach, Recruitment and Engagement Core at the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center.

Dr. Walaszek’s expertise is in assessing and managing behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, which can be disabling and dangerous for both patients and their caregivers.