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GWEP

Dementia Panel Discussion

April 20, 2021, 12:00pm - 1:30pm CST

Free Event

CE Details

CE Details:

1.5 CEUs available for physicians, nurses, and, social workers.

Nurses: Ochsner Health System- System Nursing Professional Development is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by Louisiana State Nurses Association Approver Unit, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Physicians: The Ochsner Clinic Foundation is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Ochsner Clinic Foundation designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Social Workers: This educational activity has been approved for 1.5 clinical hours of continuing education credit by the LSU School of Social Work as authorized by the Louisiana State Board of Social Work Examiners.

None of the individuals in control of content for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Questions? Contact us via [email protected]

Our Panelists

Nancy Insidioso

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About Nancy Insidioso

Nancy Insidioso is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, with a Bachelor’s in Social Work from Nazareth College in Kalamazoo, Michigan; and a Master’s in Social Work from Tulane University. She has 25 years of experience providing Master’s level social work services in medical and mental health settings. She has been with the Ochsner team for 1 year, after 13 years with Van Buran County Community Mental Health in Michigan. Her role on LA GWEP is to create care plans with families and provide them with education and support. Additionally, she supervises MSW interns from the LSU School of Social Work, and provides education to community groups. Nancy cared for her mother who lived with Alzheimer’s for 3 years.

Mary Anne Olivier

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About Mary Anne Olivier

Mary Anne Olivier is currently a Home Health Coordinator at The Baton Rouge Clinic. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA.   She serves as a volunteer speaker for the Alzheimer’s Services of the Capital Area Speaker’s Bureau.  Her past presentations include Managing Challenging Behaviors in Alzheimer’s Care, Care giving, Hygiene, and Safety in the home and community.

Ana-Shea Edwards

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About Ana-Shea Edward

Ana-Shea Edwards is the full-time caregiver of her mother and the owner of Let It Geaux LLC, serving people who need assistance organizing their homes and lives in the face of life transitions and chronic challenges. She has been caring for her mother for 5 years as a solo caregiver, and before that cared for her father as well. She enrolled herself and her mother in the Care Ecosystem study at Ochsner over a year ago to help build the knowledge of what practical life is like for those who have dementia and those who care for them. This is part of her broader life mission to help anyone she can through her knowledge and experience so that they don’t have to do it alone. Outside of her business and caregiving, she performs in two parade dance troupes here in New Orleans, collects and propagates threatened species of plants, has an enormous love of books, and was just married in October.

Susan E. Nelson 

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Susan E. Nelson MD, FACP, FAAHPM

Susan E. Nelson MD, FACP, FAAHPM is board certified in internal medicine, geriatrics and hospice and palliative medicine and currently serves as Medical Director, Post-Acute Care, Ochsner Health Network. She is System Chair, Palliative Medicine and Supportive Care and Bioethics, Ochsner Health System. Her career has focused on patients with multiple chronic conditions and frailty regardless of their place of residence. She has worked with the Louisiana Department of Health on systems reform to improve care for those patients at home, assisted living, and long term care facilities. Dr. Nelson championed the legislation known as LaPOST (Louisiana Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment. She currently chairs the LaPOST Coalition, an initiative of the Louisiana Health Care Quality Forum, and is a past member of the organization’s board. She is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine as well as an advocate for senior health. Dr. Nelson is Secretary of the Leadership Council for National POLST. She is a faculty member for Respecting Choices and completed the Master’s Program in Bioethics and Health Care Policy at Loyola University-Chicago.

Description:

This 1.5 hour seminar provides community health professionals with increased knowledge and understanding of dementia, as well as provides skills to promote more productive interactions with those affected. The goal of this workshop is to improve caregiver and patient experiences and to promote well-being among individuals with dementia.

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System Requirements

System Requirements

- A desktop, laptop, or mobile device
- An internet connection – broadband wired or wireless (3G or 4G/LTE)
- Speakers and a microphone
- A webcam or HD webcam
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