“Updates in Dementia Care” is a quarterly e-newsletter designed to educate doctors, nurses, and other memory care professionals with evidence-based best practices and clinician innovations related to diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Each issue includes feature articles on clinical trends, information on recent research findings, and news about research and education opportunities.
This e-newsletter is emailed to members of the WAI-Affiliated Dementia Diagnostic Clinic Network, as well as other health care providers who have an interest in dementia care.
If you have topic ideas or requests for content, email us at updatesindementiacare@medicine.wisc.edu.
Archive of past issues
Winter 2023 — Topics: Deciphering news about lecanemab and Alzheimer's drugs for our patients; 9th Annual Breaking the Silence; Info Sessions; UW research opportunities; Dr. Nathaniel Chin helps create toolkit for clinicians to detect and diagnose dementia
Summer 2022 — Topics: WAI’s 20th Annual Update in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias; Improving access to Alzheimer’s disease services for Latinos; upcoming events; UW research opportunities; UW dementia research news; national dementia research news; resources for dementia care professionals
May 2022 — Topics: The role of risk reduction in preventing Alzheimer's disease; Education to help clinicians and trainees improve the care of Wisconsin residents living with dementia; Improving Alzheimer's disease research for veterans and Native Americans; dementia research news; resources for dementia care professionals
January 2022 — Topics: Videos from WAI Annual Update; SuperAgers study in Wisconsin; Alzheimer's disease and Latinos; dementia research news; resources for dementia care professionals
September 2021 — Topics: Kaufer Lecture; UW research opportunities; dementia research news; resources for dementia care professionals
May 2021 — Topics: Behavioral management of patients living with dementia; dementia research news; resources for dementia care professionals
February 2021 — Topics: Video highlights from WAI annual update; dementia research news; study openings
May 2020 — Topics: Blood pressure management under SPRINT guidelines; Caregiving during COVID-19; Dementia research news
December 2019 — Topics: Managing BPSD; Northern Wisconsin Memory Diagnostic Clinic (Rhinelander) profile; Dementia research news