“Una Mejor Calidad de Vida”/“A Better Quality of Life”

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This virtual Spanish language educational summit (with English subtitles) will discuss brain health and the impact of Alzheimer’s disease on the Hispanic/LatinX community in Miami, FL. Participants will learn about stages of Alzheimer’s disease, common elder law issues for caregivers, modifying traditional Latino foods for healthy living outcomes and the importance of memory screenings and how to get them. AFA is here to help our Hispanic/LatinX families impacted by Alzheimer’s disease.

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Event Agenda

12:00 pm – 12:10 pm ET

Welcome 

Victoria Torres-Velez

National Memory Screening Coordinator, Alzheimer’s Foundation of America

12:10 pm – 12:45 pm

Brain Health, Detection, and Diagnosis in the Latino Community

Annelly Bure-Reyes, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

12:45 pm – 1:20 pm

Estate Planning for the Alzheimer’s Family

Patricia Keyes, Esq.

Law Office of Patricia Keyes, P.A.

1:20 pm – 1:50 pm 

Eating for Brain Health: Modernizing Traditional Latino Foods for Healthy Living  

Diana Mesa, RD/LDN, CDCES

Founder, En La Mesa Nutrition

1:50 pm – 2:00 pm

Closing Remarks 

Victoria Torres-Velez

National Memory Screening Coordinator, Alzheimer’s Foundation of America

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