Dementia and Diversity in Primary Care: African American Populations

Date & Location

Monday, October 8, 2018, 12:00 AM - Sunday, June 13, 2021, 12:00 AM PST, Online Course

Overview

Internet Enduring Material Sponsored by the Stanford University School of Medicine. Presented by the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine.

Although dementia is the most common diagnosis in older adulthood it is under-recognized in primary care. This gap in recognition is even greater for patients, their caregivers and families who belong to various ethnic and racial minority populations. As U.S. residents are aging, and becoming more racially and ethnically diverse, physicians and other healthcare providers will increasingly need to tailor their care to specific populations.

This series of continuing education activities is designed to help healthcare providers recognize dementia, select culturally appropriate assessment tools, and communicate effectively about dementia care in ethnically and racially diverse populations.

This course, Dementia and Diversity in Primary Care: African American Populations, will provide information on assessing and caring for Dementia patients, their families, and caregivers in African American Populations.

The initial course in the series, Dementia and Diversity in Primary Care: A Primer - Guidelines, Ethnic Differences, and Assessment, should be taken prior to other courses in the series as it addresses the diagnosis and treatment of Dementia, while this course addresses best practices, cultural information, and appropriate assessment tools for African American populations.

Intended Audience

This course is designed for physicians in primary care, family practice, internal medicine and psychiatry specialties and nurses and social workers who work with older people.

Registration

Release Date: October 8, 2018
Expiration Date: June 13, 2021
Estimated Time to Complete: 1 Hour
Registration Fee: FREE

Credits

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Participation Credit (1.00 hours)

Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, learners should be able to:

Select culturally appropriate dementia assessment tools for African American patients.
Utilize strategies to communicate effectively about dementia care with the families of patients with dementia from African American backgrounds.

Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, Stanford Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation
American Medical Association (AMA)
Stanford Medicine designates this Enduring Material for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Additional Information

Cultural and Linguistic Competency

The planners and speakers of this CME activity have been encouraged to address cultural issues relevant to their topic area for the purpose of complying with California Assembly Bill 1195. Moreover, the Stanford University School of Medicine Multicultural Health Portal contains many useful cultural and linguistic competency tools including culture guides, language access information and pertinent state and federal laws. You are encouraged to visit the Multicultural Health Portal: http://lane.stanford.edu/portals/cultural.html

Bibliography

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Alzheimer’s Association. (2009). California Alzheimer’s Data Report. Retrieved June 25, 2015, from http://www.alz.org/CAdata/

Alzheimer's Association. (2015). 2015 Alzheimer’s disease facts and figures. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 11(3), 332-384.

Aranda, M.P. (2001). Racial and ethnic factors in dementia care-giving research in the US. Aging & Mental Health, 5(001), 116-123.

Beck, A.T. (1979). Cognitive therapy and the emotional disorders. New York, NY: Penguin Books USA Inc.

Borson, S., Scanlan, J., Brush, M., Vitallano, P., & Dokmak, A. (2000). The Mini-Cog: A cognitive ‘vital signs’ measure for dementia screening in multi-lingual elderly. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 15(11), 1021-1027.

More bibliographic information can be found in the Resources and References section of the course