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DCA

Dementia Care on Air episode 13 is now live!

Dementia Care on Air episode 13 is now live: https://www.dementiacareaware.org/podcast/

Listen to “Dementia and the Asian American and Pacific Islander Population” with Elena Tsoy, PhD, and Anna Chodos
, MD, MPH, who discuss cultural and linguistic considerations for Asian American and Pacific Islander patients with dementia. Learn how to promote health equity and healthy brain aging in this community.

Podcast listeners are eligible to receive FREE CME/MOC and CE credit. 

Belkiz

Belkiz Quintanilla Accepted into UCSF Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner program

Congratulations to Belkiz Quintanilla on the acceptance into the UCSF Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner program. Belkiz is a former research assistant on the PREPARE team and helped to recruit diverse English- and Spanish-speaking older adults in several PREPARE advance care planning randomized trial at ZSFG. Way to go Belkiz!!