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Announcements
Alzheimer's Association Releases Dementia Care Practice Recommendations for End-of-Life Care
”New document captures consensus of more than 30 national care organizations
The Alzheimer’s Association today released its third set of Dementia Care Practice Recommendations for Assisted Living Residences and Nursing Homes. The Recommendations focus on improving the end of life experience for people with Alzheimer’s and other dementias by offering concrete suggestions for addressing issues unique to people with dementia at the end of life.
The Recommendations were released at the Alzheimer’s Association’s 15th annual Dementia Care Conference, held in Chicago.”
http://www.alz.org/media_11127.asp
The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine announces
selection of the eight training sites that will host its Clinical
Scholars Program beginning in 2008. The program provides physicians one
week of participation with a clinical team, under the supervision of
physician faculty at the training site. The sites were chosen based on
their outstanding reputation, superior service, and well regarded
expertise in the field.
For further information on this program, visit
www.aahpm.org/education/clinicaltraining.html
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