• Behavior-specific interventions and techniques to impact clients with depression, restlessness, delusions and combativeness
• The most current cognitive assessment tools to maximize the best possible client outcomes
• Strategies to recognize and treat patients with Dementia, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and more
• Documentation and medical necessity in accordance with Medicare guidelines
• Broaden your understanding of memory and pharmacology, and provide evidence-based interventions to help find the right approach for each patient
• And so much more!

This dynamic session will help you more effectively understand and intervene with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias that affect your geriatric patients. In an energetic and uplifting style, Dr. Roy D. Steinberg will introduce you to a recipe of what works and what doesn’t with and for older adult patients and their care providers.

Dr. Steinberg will address the cognitive implications of the aging process in general, its effects on individual patients, and the pathological changes and functional manifestations specific to Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. Walk away with the tools necessary to differentiate the diagnostic criteria for various types of dementias seen in older adults, including Alzheimer’s disease, Vascular Dementia, Parkinson’s disease, Frontotemporal Dementia and Lewy Body Dementia. 

You will return to your practice better able to participate in interdisciplinary approaches in evaluation and treating Alzheimer’s patients and their caregivers. You don't want to miss this one-of-a-kind training.

In this invaluable session you will learn the characteristics of dementia for effective differentiation of dementia as well as how to accurately stage your patients.

You will walk away with an array of therapeutic approaches based on the patient’s diagnosis and stage level for successful intervention. This session will broaden your understanding of memory and pharmacology and provide evidence-based direct and indirect interventions to help you find the right approach for each patient.

Additionally, you will discover how to fully comply with the recent Medicare policies (Jimmo v. Sebelius) and how these changes will impact treatment of your patients.

Pathways to Successful Aging! The 5 Key Factors to Age Well
by John Arden, Ph.D., Director of Training at Kaiser Permanente

Dr. John Arden, neuropsychologist, author, a pioneer in brain-based therapy, and Director of Training in Mental Health for Kaiser Permanente for Northern California. This recording highlights the five key factors that support successful aging.

The baby boomer generation is soon to explode into the healthcare scene. As a healthcare professional you will be asked to help the aging population in new, lower cost, and easy-to-achieve methods to slow down dementia and other age-related diseases.

Dr. John Arden spent four decades working successfully to help ordinary people with various mental and physical health conditions.

He discovered a number of years ago that if he explained in easy terms how their brains work, how the simple things they can do to alter their brain functioning, their physical functioning and their prospects of aging healthfully, positive results took place!

In this 2-hour voyage into your brain, and Dr. John Arden will show you these 5 key factors for aging successfully- and how you can best explain them to your clients!

1. Social Support — linked to wellbeing, cognition and longevity.

2. Physical activity — neurogenesis, reduction of inflammation, normalization of blood glucose and enhancement of cell repair.

3. Lifelong pursuit of new learning — reduced risk of cognitive decline or dementia.

4. Healthy diet tips — key neurotransmitters protect the brain from rapid aging, Type 2 diabetes, cognitive decline and dementia.

5. Quality sleep — supports memory consolidation, brain glucose metabolic activity and cognition.

ROY D. STEINBERG, PhD, is a geriatric psychologist in New Jersey where he maintains a private practice devoted exclusively to serving older adults and their caregivers. He is highly sought out for his expertise in diagnosing and facilitating treatment of individuals with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. Dr. Steinberg received his PhD from the California School of Professional Psychology at Berkeley and is licensed in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, and California. He provides evaluation, consultation, and psychotherapeutic services to older adults in nursing homes, assisted living, and medical facilities. Dr. Steinberg provides outpatient consultation, educational, and counseling services to families and other caregivers of older adults to facilitate coping with the process of dementia.

Dr. Steinberg is the author of the book, Forgetting The Memories: A Caregiver's Journey Through Alzheimer's Disease (2009). He has been featured in numerous media venues, including television, radio, and print, and is a nationally recognized speaker for professionals and laypersons, focusing on the assessment and treatment of individuals with Alzheimer's disease, and increasing the attention on caring for the caregivers.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Roy Steinberg maintains a private practice. He is an author for AuthorHouse. He receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.

Nonfinancial: Roy Steinberg has no relevant nonfinancial relationship to disclose.

Peter R. Johnson, PhD, CCC-SLP, is the Speech Mentor with Select Medical where he develops new clinical programs, conducts continuing education seminars for Select Medical (including cognitive programming), provides small group and one-on-one mentoring nationally, and maintains the clinic hotline for the company. His previous experience includes working in acute care, home care, outpatient clinics and long-term care. Dr. Johnson received his MS and PhD in speech-language pathology from the University of Pittsburgh and an Executive Graduate Degree in Healthcare Financial Management from Ohio State University. He has co-authored several books including Business Matters: A Guide for the Speech-Language Pathologist; Drugs and Dysphagia; and Practical Pharmacology in Rehabilitation: Effect of Medication on Therapy. Dr. Johnson is currently completing a book on cognition to be published in 2015.

Dr. Johnson served as a column editor for the American Speech-Language Hearing Association Special Interest Division 11 and Special Interest Division 13; on the Executive Board of the Florida Association of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology for eight years; and was a three-time recipient of the President’s Award as well as the Outstanding Service Award from the Florida Association of Speech- Language Pathology and Audiology. He is currently vice-chair for the Florida Department of Health/ Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Peter Johnson has an employment relationship with Select Medical. He is an adjunct faculty member at Nova Southeastern University. Dr. Johnson receives royalties as an author for Pro-Ed and Human Kinetics. He receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.

John Arden, Ph.D., is the author of 13 books including The Brain Bible (McGraw-Hill 2014) and Rewire Your Brain (Wiley 2010). Dr. Arden is lead author along with Lloyd Linford of the books Brain-Based Therapy with Adults and Brain-Based Therapy with Children and Adolescents. His first book, Consciousness, Dreams, and Self, was awarded the 1997 Outstanding Academic Book Award by Choice, a publication of the American Library Association. An international panel of jurists nominated his second book, Science, Theology, and Consciousness, for the CTS award funded by the Templeton Foundation. His book America’s Meltdowns: Creating the Lowest Common Denominator Society explored the degradation of the fabric of American society.

His eight self-help books are Surviving Job Stress, Improving Your Memory for Dummies, Stop Spoiling that Man, Conquering Posttraumatic Stress (with Dr. Victoria Beckner), Heal Your Anxiety Workbook and Heal Your OCD Workbook (with Dr. Daniel DalCorso), Rewire Your Brain (Wiley 2010) and Brain-Based Therapy for Anxiety (PPM 2014).

Dr. Arden has a background in neuropsychology and is the director of training for mental health for the Kaiser Permanente Medical Centers in Northern California. In this capacity, he oversees one of the largest mental health training programs in the world, operating in 22 different medical centers throughout Northern California. He also practices part-time at Kaiser Permanente in Petaluma and San Rafael, and he served for several years as the chief psychologist at Kaiser Vallejo. He has taught in colleges, professional schools and universities.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Dr. John Arden is the Director of Training in Mental Health for Kaiser Permanente. He receives royalties as an author from several publishers. Dr. Arden receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.

Nonfinancial: Dr. John Arden has no relevant nonfinancial relationship to disclose.