An American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry Maintenance of Certification Conference:

Assessment & Management of Behavioral Symptoms in Patients with Dementia
 
Nov. 6-7, 2009
Marriott Baltimore Waterfront
Baltimore 
 
This one-and-one-half-day conference will cover the psychiatry and neurology perspectives, non-pharmacologic interventions, and bioethics of caring for patients with behavioral symptoms in Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. Case-based presentations will provide interactive insight into dealing with clinical practice situations. Faculty and participants will review and discuss professional clinical guidelines to improve and optimize patient care. Helen H. Kyomen, MD, MS, of Harvard University, will chair and present the program. Other faculty include Stephen G. Post, PhD, of Stony Brook University; Teepa Snow, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA, who is in private practice; and Daniel G. Herrera, MD, PhD, of Brigham and Women's/Faulkner Hospitals. Physicians can earn up to 10.75 CME credits. An application to provide nursing CE credit will be filed with the Maryland State Nurses Association.

To learn more and register, please visit www.AAGPonline.org.