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Virtual Event – Agitation Associated With Alzheimer’s Dementia (AAD) in the Long-Term Care (LTC) Setting – An Introduction to the Agitation in Alzheimer’s Screener for Caregivers (AASCTM)

Objectives

  • Describe how agitation associated with Alzheimer’s dementia (AAD) can manifest within the long-term care (LTC) setting and the burden that AAD can pose to both residents and caregivers.
  • Review current approaches to recognizing and documenting AAD in the LTC setting, as well as potential challenges faced by nursing home caregivers.
  • Discuss the Agitation in Alzheimer’s Screener for Caregivers (AASCTM) and how it may be used to identify and document AAD.

Featuring

Becky-Wong

Becky Wong, PharmD, MBA

Medical Science Director

Carolyn-McDonald

Carolyn McDonald, PharmD, BCPS, BCPP

Medical Science Liaison, CNS Field Medical Affairs

David E.-Lewis

David E. Lewis, DO

Physician, Ann’s Choice, Inc.; Medical Director, Suncrest Care Hospice; Owner & Provider, Adult, Geriatric, Osteopathic (AGO) Medical Care, LLC.

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Dr David E. Lewis is a Primary Care provider who is Board Certified in both Family Medicine and Geriatric Medicine. He was born and raised in Levittown, PA and earned his Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Arcadia University and a medical degree from Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM). Currently, Dr Lewis is a primary care physician at Bucks Family Medicine in Pennsylvania, a part-time medical director at Angelic Healthcare, and the owner and primary provider at Adult, Geriatric, Osteopathic (AGO) Medical Care, LLC. He is an active member of several professional-medical organizations, and when Dr. Lewis is not working and making home medical-visits, he enjoys playing his saxophones.

Becky Wong, PharmD, MBA and Carolyn McDonald, PharmD, BCPS, BCPP are employees of Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. (OPDC)

David E. Lewis, DO is a speaker for Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. (OPDC)

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