For immediate release: Nov. 2, 2009
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School of Medicine offers training for caregivers of those suffering from dementia
Workshops offered in Reno with interactive video to rural sites
RENO, Nev.— The Sanford Center for Aging, the Nevada State Aging and Disability Services Division and the Nevada Geriatric Education Center (a joint program between the Sanford Center for Aging and the University of Nevada School of Medicine) will hold two workshops for caregivers of those suffering from dementia in Reno on Tuesday, Nov. 17 from 1 to 4:45 p.m. and again on Friday, Dec. 4 from 10 a.m. to 1:45 p.m.
The November 17 workshop will be held at Truckee Meadows Community College, Redfield Campus, Room 103, located at 18600 Wedge Parkway in Reno. The December 4 workshop will take place at the University of Nevada School of Medicine, Pennington Medical Education Building, Room 214, located at 1664 N. Virginia Street on the University of Nevada, Reno campus.
These workshops will offer tips for managing multiple medications, use and misuse of medication to manage persons with dementia, planning for incompetency and laws protecting persons with dementia. Workshops are intended for anyone caring for elders and continuing education units are available for a nominal fee.
This training will also be available via interactive video at the following locations: Austin High School in Austin, Griswold Hall, room 21 in Elko; the Cooperative Extension in Eureka, Carson Valley Medical Center in Gardnerville, Mt. Grant General Hospital in Hawthorne, Nye Cooperative Extension in Pahrump and Nye Regional Medical Clinic in Tonopah.
Health care professionals, caregivers and those wishing to learn more are encouraged to attend. Registrations are accepted on a space-available basis. Please contact Diann Jones at (775) 682-8470 or via email at: dsjones@medicine.nevada.edu to register.
As the state’s only public medical school, the University of Nevada School of Medicine has been a leader in healthcare, medical education and research in Nevada since 1969. The School of Medicine includes 16 clinical departments including family medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, internal medicine, surgery, and psychiatry and behavioral sciences, and five nationally recognized departments in basic science including microbiology and biomedical engineering. The more than 185 doctors of University Health System, the school’s clinical practice, offer care in more than 40 medical specialties and subspecialties with eight physician offices in the Reno/Sparks area and seven in Las Vegas. The school is committed to a best practices approach to medicine and is dedicated to exceptional healthcare for Nevada now and in the future. For more information visit www.medicine.nevada.edu.