Come Join Us at the Coastal Georgia Center
in Historic Downtown Savannah on February 6, 2009

We would like to WELCOME BACK Teepa Snow as our 2009 Keynote Speaker. Teepa Snow is an occupational therapist currently serving as a dementia care and dementia education specialist.

Understanding Dementia and Alzheimer’s: What Every Health Care Provider Should Know is a one-day educational event for those who want to gain a greater understanding of dementia-related conditions.

Caregivers, nurses, dieticians, counselors, social workers, nursing home administrators will be able to:

• Discriminate among the terms: dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, and forgetfulness.
• Describe symptoms that commonly occur with Alzheimer’s disease/ dementia based on brain damage.
• Recognize behaviors that are indicative of dementia related conditions.
• Demonstrate seven key components in a positive physical approach when working with a person with dementia.