Alzheimer’s Tennessee FTD Caregiver Workshop July 23, 2019

This Caregiver Workshop for families and professionals is designed to help care partners better care for those with Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) or a related dementia. 

Participants of the Frontotemporal Dementia Caregiver Workshop learn skills and strategies to cope with the challenges of caregiving.

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Presenters:

FTD's Impact on Speech and Communication
Becky Khayum M.S., CCC-SLP is a co-founder of MemoryCare and serves as President and Speech Pathologist. Becky has a passion to help those with Alzheimer's and other memory disorders. Prior to starting MemoryCare, she held various leadership roles in nursing homes and assisted living facilities.

Frontotemporal Dementia: How it Differs from Alzheimer's Disease
Monica Crane, MD is East Tennessee's leading expert on FTD. Dr. Crane currently operates Genesis Neuroscience Clinic. She is passionate about helping those living with Frontotemporal dementia. Dr Crane is board certified in Geriatric Medicine.  

Legal Issues Facing those Living with FTD and Related Dementias
Kelly Frere, CELA, Guyton & Frere received her J.D. from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1991 and was certified as an elder law specialist by the Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization in 1998. She was inducted into the Council of Advanced Practitioners of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) and is one of only 64 out of 4,500 elder law attorneys to be honored with this peer induction.

Discover a Pathway to Peace
Joy Gaertner, Founder, & Director of Walking with Joy offering tools to help with recovery from loss. For more than 47 years Joy has served churches and recovery facilities in the states and abroad.  In the last two years, she has received awards from the Knoxville Urban League, won the Paradigm Challenge and been accepted to the Consortium for Social Enterprise Effectiveness at the University of Tennessee.

$25 Family Caregivers
$45 Healthcare Professionals & Social Workers (CEU Credit Pending)

Questions? Call Linda at 865.544.6288. 

Alzheimer's Tennessee
5801 Kingston Pike, Knoxville TN 37919
Ph. 865.544.6288 Fax 865.544.6249

Advance registration required. Seating is limited. Fee includes materials, lunch and refreshments.
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This project supported in part by the East Tennessee Area Agency on Aging and Disability, a division of ETHRA. Grantees undertaking projects under government sponsorship are encouraged to express freely their findings and conclusions. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily represent official Administration on Aging policy.

In 2015, Tennessee state code 68-11-1404 was amended to recognize FTD as a separate disease requiring its own treatment methods. Facilities need to provide staff training specifically addressing FTD in order to state that they provide FTD care. This training meets that requirement.

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