Demystifying dementia – Primary care frameworks to support people living with dementia
On-demand recorded 5 Jun 2023
RACGP Specific Interests and Dementia Training Australia present a GP-friendly webinar series on the identification, treatment, and management of dementia in primary care settings.
This webinar will cover frameworks to support history taking, confirming diagnosis, and initiating management for people living with dementia.
Key topics:
- Understanding and identifying cognitive decline and dementia
- Recognising opportunities to support brain health
- Making the diagnosis of dementia
- Initiating post diagnostic management pathways.
Improve your knowledge, skills and confidence in recognising, diagnosing, and managing dementia in the general practice setting, starting with an key foundational overview.
Learning outcomes
- Identify cognitive decline and dementia
- Discuss how to diagnose and manage dementia
This event is part of RACGP Specific Interests and Dementia Training Australia 2023 webinar series . Events in this series are:
Presenters
Dr Steph Daly
Dr Daly is a GP specialist in dementia. She is a Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners and completed post-graduate training in Dementia Studies at the University of Bradford (UK). Since moving to Australia she has become an advocate for patients living with dementia and facilitated her practice to becoming one of the first dementia-friendly, and Dementia Australia approved, GP clinics in Australia.
Dr Daly established and coordinates the Dementia Subgroup of RACGP Specific Interests Aged Care.
Dr Peter Silberberg
Medical educator – Dementia Training Australia
Dr Peter Silberberg is a GP, GP supervisor, and medical educator. Dr Silberberg is a GP and lead clinician at Rekindling the Spirit Aboriginal Health Service in Lismore, and is a GP at the Lennox Head Medical Centre
Dr Rebecca Moore
Medical educator – Dementia Training Australia
Dr Moore is a GP in Newcastle with a special interest in geriatrics and dementia. She has completed a Masters of Dementia, through the Wicking Research and Education Centre, University of Tasmania.