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This webinar (53:26 minutes) given by Christine Eisenhower discusses effects of medication on early cognitive impairment. By the end of this webinar, learners should be able to: (1) identify medications that may contribute to cognitive impairment; (2) evaluate safety and efficacy of medications approved for treatment of early cognitive impairment; and (3) provide appropriate patient/caregiver education regarding supplements and agents currently in clinical trials. To access this material, registration is required by the creators but there is no charge for it.

This webinar (48:01 minutes) given by Sandra Fournier and Christine Gadbois discusses what to do once a person receives the diagnosis of dementia. By the end of this webinar, learners should be able to: (1) describe the importance of healthcare advocacy; (2) recognize the importance of meaningful engagement/meaningful activities; and (3) identify appropriate and accessible community resources. To access this material, registration is required by the creators but there is no charge for it. (Webinar starts at 4:00 minutes.)

This webinar (58:18 minutes) given by John Stoukides discusses the signs and symptoms of cognitive impairment in older adults. By the end of the webinar, learners should be able to: (1) recognize the difference between normal and pathological memory loss; (2) utilize appropriate screening tools to identify cognitive loss; (3) evaluate a patient's medical regimen for medications that may be worsening cognition; and (4) discuss methods of engaging families in the evaluation and treatment of patients with cognitive loss.

This webinar (1:00:15 minutes) given by John K. Robinson discusses modifiable lifestyle factors for healthy cognitive aging. By the end of the presentation, learners should be able to: (1) list modifiable lifestyle practices that impact brain health; (2) explain how modifiable lifestyle factors such as diet and exercise can produce overlapping effects; and (3) discuss how to "customize" a health-promoting lifestyle that is sustainable and fits the unique biological and socio-cultural situations of the patients.

This webinar (1:57:30 minutes) consists an interprofessional panel of experts including a geriatrician, psychologist, cultural expert, physical therapist, geriatric pharmacist, and a lawyer. They address questions and concerns related to living with dementia, dementia care, and the key issues that often come up. Some topics discussed includes medications that cure and treat dementia, how to react to a person with dementia's false stories, how to have other caregivers step in without having one person initiating it, and diminished capacity dementia with the law.

This webinar (57:51 minutes) discusses advancing equity for caregivers in communities and the importance of equity, addressing the dual challenges around COVID-19, and improving brain health. There are five sections included in this webinar. Sarah Lenz Lock discusses the risk factors and disparities of COVID-19 and brain health. Lauren J. Parker talks with Vanessa Brown to learn about her experience of being a caregiver during COVID-19, specifically to a patient with dementia. Jasmine Nakayama discusses vaccinations and how to reinforce confidence in COVID-19 vaccines.

This webinar (1:33:14 minutes) discusses the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) which is a caregiver module that identifies the relationship to the care recipient and collects key information in a very brief concise fashion related to caregiving. There are three presentations included in this webinar. Phil Echevarria discusses BRFSS's impact on New Jersey and the caregiving data and how it has influenced policy change in New Jersey. Jana Pastir discusses how North Dakota has used the Subjective Cognitive Decline caregiver modules to enhance other chronic disease programs.

This webinar (57:10 minutes) discusses the public health considerations and models for cultural adaptations in caregivers of people with dementia. This webinar includes two different presentations. Nina Darby discusses the Diverse Elders Coalition and their history of caregiving initiative and some novel findings in their research. This led to their caregiving toolkit, Caring for Those Who Care (found linked in the presentation), which includes fact sheets on each diverse community.

This webinar (1:13:08 minutes) discusses health inequities and cultural adaptations for African American and Latino caregivers of people with dementia. This webinar includes three different presentations. Jason Resendez discusses how to turn research into practice to support public health agencies in the delivery and development of culturally tailored dementia caregiving programming.

This webinar (59:05 minutes) discusses cultural adaptation for Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders and Indigenous caregivers and provides examples and lessons learned from tailoring programs to support caregivers in these communities. This webinar includes three different presentations. Ocean Le discusses the unique realities of Indigenous, Asian American, and Pacific Islanders dementia caregivers. Haera Han discusses cultural adaptations in dementia caregiving, specifically in the case of Korean Americans.