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Dementia Care Aware introduces a new eLearning course: Advance Care Planning 

Dementia Care Aware is introducing a new eLearning course: Advance Care Planning (0.5 FREE CE and CME/MOC).  

Learn how to: 

  • Define and identify the purpose of advance care planning 
  • List the components of advance care planning with patients 
  • Define the three kinds of legal decision supports a patient may need  

Users can access the course by signing up for a learner account on our website

Carla Perissinotto

Carla Perissinotto Quoted in Times Magazine Article About Loneliness

Dr. Carla Perissinotto was quoted in a Times Magazine article entitled, “One in Three Seniors Is Lonely. Here’s How It’s Hurting Their Health”. The article states that chronic loneliness can impact many aspects of older adults’ health, such as: memory, physical well-being, mental health, and life expectancy. Dr. Perissinotto is quoted stating loneliness can be reversed, but researchers are still trying to determine the best way to do so.