Living well with dementia
Date Published:
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Duration:
28:08
Professor Ngaire Kerse talks about living well with dementia. Ngaire is a GP in Auckland, Professor of General Practice and Primary Health Care and the Joyce Cook Chair in Ageing Well at the University of Auckland.
After training in primary care in the USA, completing a Geriatric Medicine Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania, and GP training in New Zealand, Australia, and then a PhD at the University of Melbourne, she has built a programme of research throughout New Zealand over the last two decades.
Topics:
- Diagnosis of dementia
- Adjusting to change
- Considering the future
- Cognitive testing: MoCA, RUDAS
- Family respite and support
- Driving and dementia
- Whakawhanaungatanga when dealing with Māori patients and whānau
Take home messages
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Resources
- Dementia care for Māori Goodfellow short course (2019)
- Driving assessment for patients with dementia: a how-to guide Goodfellow MedCase (2020)
- Dementia Goodfellow short course (2017)
- Assessing decision-making capacity: the clinical basics Goodfellow eLearning (2018)
Patient resources
- Dementia Health Navigator NZ
- Living with dementia help sheets Dementia Australia
- Alzheimers New Zealand
- Dementia NZ
- Carers NZ
Presenter
Professor Ngaire Kerse
General Practitioner
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This presentation is intended for qualified health practitioners professional development and should not be relied upon for any other purpose. Any opinions offered are those of the presenter or other speaker and do not necessarily represent the views of Goodfellow Unit.