Guest Speakers
Alzheimer’s New Jersey regularly hosts webinars featuring guest speakers sharing their expertise and refreshing perspectives on research as well as medical, legal and care issues that impact those with Alzheimer’s disease and their caregivers. Many of our presenters are recognized throughout New Jersey and beyond as experts in their fields.
Registration for these programs is required.
Join us for our live webinars where you can engage and ask questions and/or watch our recordings of past presentations by registering below.
Upcoming Guest Speakers
Preparing for a Hospital Stay When a Loved One has Dementia – Guest Speaker Webinar
Offered By Webinar and Telephone ConferenceA Conversation with Rebecca Abenante, LSW and Susan Boyle, DNP from Morristown Medical Center. A hospital stay can be stressful for everyone. For a person with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia, a hospital stay can cause increased confusion, anxiety, agitation and even a decline in cognition. Families are often unprepared when the person with Alzheimer’s needs hospitalization or when the hospitalization is for the primary caregiver.
Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment Options – Guest Speaker Webinar
Offered By Webinar and Telephone ConferencePresented by Robert G. Stern, MD. Several prescription drugs have been available to treat the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease for many years. In the past 2 years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given full approval to disease-modifying drugs. These medications are called disease-modifying drugs because they work by targeting and clearing beta-amyloid plaques from the brain.
Webinar Library
Our webinar library contains recordings of our past live webinars presented by guest speakers with expertise in Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. Topics include: legal and financial planning, managing difficult behaviors and caregiver stress. To access the recordings, please register to create an account. If you already have an account, simply click here to login.