Jason Karlawish, MD addressed the National Community Reinvestment Coalition’s (NCRC) Annual Conference – “Creating a Just Economy” – on March 27, 2015 with his presentation, “The Need for Financial Capability to Build Assets and Wealth.” NCRC promotes access to basic banking services to create and sustain affordable housing and job development in underserved communities. To read about the conference, click here.
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Caring for Alzheimer’s: How Three Couples Cope
Members of Penn Memory Center’s caregiver support group are featured in a Wall Street Journal article about the physical and emotional toll on caregivers as the disease progresses in their loved ones. PMC’s Felicia Greenfield, LCSW, leads the group. You can read the WSJ article here. For information about the support class, please click here.
The Aging Brain and Alzheimer’s Disease: Let’s Talk About Your Brain at the Franklin Instutue
Tonight, March 11, 2015, is the night for “The Aging Brain and Alzheimer’s Disease: Let’s Talk About Your Brain” at The Franklin Institute, 7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Join experts in aging and Alzheimer’s disease from Penn Memory Center for a discussion of the #aging brain, #Alzheimer‘s disease and the impact on families and communities.
Presenters include:
John Trojanowski, M.D., Ph.D.
Director of the Institute on Aging and Co-Director, Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research, University of Pennsylvania
Felicia Greenfield, L.C.S.W.
Associate Director for Clinical and Research Operations, Penn Memory Center, University of Pennsylvania
Staff from the Penn Memory Center will be on hand talk about our programs and services including PENN Care Management (our geriatric care management program), Cognitive Fitness, research opportunities and more. To register for this event, please call 215-448-1200.
For more information, click here.
How Can We Really Live with Alzheimer’s?
Jason Karlawish, M.D. suggests in the Philadelphia Inquirer on Sunday March 8, 2015 that Still Alice, the bestselling novel and 2014 film, is not the right story to help us understand Alzheimer’s disease.
“Still Alice raises awareness, but it’s not the right story to help us understand Alzheimer’s disease or how we’ll live with it in the 21st century,” says Dr. Karlawish. “The history of the 20th century is the history of the triumph of autonomy, and Alzheimer’s disease is a disease because it takes this away. As the U.S. embarks on a national plan to prevent it, these efforts, however, are going to challenge the very same autonomy we wish to protect,” he adds.
You can read the Philadelphia Inquirer story here.
Jason Karlawish, MD on WHYY FM’s Radio Times, Monday March 9
Listen live now on Radio Times to Jason Karlawish, associate director of the Penn Memory Center, and a discussion of end-of-life-issues and Alzheimer’s disease.
NIH-led Effort Launches “Big Data” Portal for Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery
A National Institutes of Health public-private partnership aimed at accelerating Alzheimer’s disease drug development launched its “Big Data” portal on Wednesday, March 4, 2015, enabling researchers to share and analyze large biomedical datasets. The first wave of data was also released.
The venture brings together NIH, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and industry and academic scientists from a variety of disciplines with a goal of translate knowledge faster and more successfully into new therapies.
“This is an important initiative that could lead to novel targets for AD drug discovery,” says John Q. Trojanowski, MD, PhD, director of Penn’s Alzheimer’s Disease Core Center.
You can visit the The AMP AD Knowledge Portal here.
Looks Like Laury, Sounds Like Laury
A film documenting the year in the life of a woman with Frontotemporal Degeneration will debut on Tuesday, March 10th at 8 pm on WHYY TV Philadelphia. View a short trailer of Looks Like Laury, Sounds Like Laury here.
Psychiatric Drug Overuse by Older Americans with Alzheimer’s Disease Is Cited by Federal Study
The New York Times reports that Federal investigators have found evidence of overuse of psychiatric drugs by older Americans with Alzheimer’s disease, and are recommending that Medicare officials take immediate action to reduce unnecessary prescriptions.The findings were released on Monday, March 2, 2015 by the Government Accountability Office. You can read the report here and you can find the New York Times article here.
The Aging Brain and Alzheimer’s Disease: Let’s Talk About Your Brain
The Aging Brain and Alzheimer’s Disease: Let’s Talk About Your Brain
The Franklin Institute
March 11, 2015
7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Join experts in aging and Alzheimer’s disease from the Penn Memory Center for an evening at the Franklin Institute. We’ll discuss the aging brain, Alzheimer’s disease and the impact it has on families and communities.
Presenters include:
John Trojanowski, M.D., Ph.D.
Director of the Institute on Aging and Co-Director, Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research, University of Pennsylvania
Felicia Greenfield, L.C.S.W.
Associate Director for Clinical and Research Operations, Penn Memory Center, University of Pennsylvania
Staff from the Penn Memory Center will be on hand talk about our programs and services including PENN Care Management (our geriatric care management program), Cognitive Fitness, research opportunities and more.
Ticket Prices:
Free for Franklin Institute members
$5.00 for non-members
For more information, click here. To register for this event, please call 215-448-1200.
Ethics Committee Educational Seminar to Feature Jason Karlawish
Dr. Jason Karlawish, associate director of the Penn Memory Center, will speak at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Ethics Committee Educational Seminar on Thursday, March 5 at 4pm. The topic will be “Ethical Issues in the Care of Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment.”
For more information contact James Kirkpatrick, MD at james.kirkpatrick@uphs.upenn.edu or Mary Walton, MSN, RN, MBE at mary.walton@uphs.upenn.edu.
To download a flyer, click here.
CME Information:
Title: Ethical issues in the care of older adults with cognitive impairment
Presenter: Jason Karlawish, MD
Series: Ethics Education Seminar Series 2014-2015
Date: 3-5-2015
URL: http://penncmeonline.com/eess2014-2015//node/39626
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