Clinical Issues (1:15 p.m.)

Verwalten von Verhaltensvarianten FTD
Chuang-Kuo Wu, MD, PhD
Marianne Sanders, RN
Amy und George Shives
Jill Shapira, PhD, RN, Moderatorin

Explore behavioral variant FTD from four distinct and complementary perspectives – from the clinical
perspective, a care-and-support perspective, and from a person diagnosed and care partner.

Management der primären progressiven Aphasie
Ahmad Sajjadi, MD
Maura Silverman, MS, CCC/SLP
Tracey Lind und Emily Ingalls
Mary O'Hara, Moderatorin

Explore PPA from four distinct and complementary perspectives – from the clinical perspective, a care-and support perspective, and from a person diagnosed and care partner.

Management von ALS/FTD & Bewegungsstörungen
Gabriel Leger, MD
Jamie Fong, CGC
Miki Paul, PhD
Debra Niehoff, PhD, Moderatorin

Erkunden Sie die körperlichen und kognitiven Herausforderungen von ALS/FTD, progressiver supranukleärer Lähmung und kortikobasaler Degeneration aus klinischer, genetischer und pflegerischer Sicht.

Care Strategies (2:50 p.m.)

Der Arzt denkt, es ist FTD. Was jetzt?
Christy Turner, CDP, CDCM, CCSI
Marianne Sanders, RN

For those who are facing a new diagnosis, this session will help you understand FTD and start planning for care.

Entwicklung von Kommunikationsteams und -tools
Maura Silverman, MS, CCC/SLP

Having PPA does not mean you have nothing to say. This session will focus on finding alternative means of communicating when language is lost.

Entwicklung von Umwelt- und Verhaltensstrategien
Jill Shapira, PhD, RN, Sue Hirsch, MA, and Sandi Grow, RN, AFTD Partners in FTD Care Advisors

This session will demonstrate how to use a problem-solving approach to develop creative and individualized strategies to address challenging behaviors due to FTD.

Verlust und Trauer in FTD
Bridget Moran-McCabe, MPH, AFTD
Elaine Rose, AFTD-Freiwillige

Die Erfahrung von Verlust und Trauer ist kompliziert. In dieser Sitzung wird der Umgang mit dieser einzigartigen und persönlichen Erfahrung erörtert.

Anpassung an FTD: Eine Diskussion für Personen, die mit FTD leben
Matt Sharp, MSS, AFTD
Amy Shives, MEd

This session will feature a panel of people living with FTD discussing how to compensate and overcome challenges in daily life. This session is led by and is for people living with the disease. Any care partners who attend will be asked to listen rather than speak.

Open Q&A and Networking (4:00 p.m.)

Forum für junge Erwachsene
Gabriel Leger, MD
Jamie Fong, CGC
Elivra Jimenez, PhD
Mary O’Hara, LCSW, facilitator

If you’re in your 20’s or 30’s and have a family member diagnosed with FTD, you’re bound to have questions. Here’s an opportunity to interact with experts as well as peers with similar concerns.

Forum für Pflegepartner
Chuang-Kuo Wu, MD, PhD
Mary Ausstrom, PhD
Maura Silverman, MS, CCC/SLP
Jill Shapira, PhD, RN, Moderatorin

There’s never enough time to talk with professionals who have expertise in FTD. This session offers care partners an additional opportunity to ask your questions and hear the concerns of peers.

Forum für Menschen, die mit FTD leben
Kimiko Domoto-Reilly, MD
Ahmad Sajjadi, MD
Marianne Sanders, RN
Matt Sharp, MSS, Moderator

Come ask professional FTD experts your questions. This session offers people living with a diagnosis an opportunity to meet with medical, research and dementia experts to discuss questions and care needs.

Zusammenarbeit mit AFTD für Gesundheitsdienstleister
Sharon Denny, MA, facilitator

Learn about how AFTD can support your work with people with FTD and their families, and join us to continue to increase awareness of FTD, shorten time to diagnosis and improve the quality of care available.

Hilfe finden, Hoffnung teilen: Die Macht des Geschichtenerzählens in sozialen Medien
Lauren Gauthier and Bridget Graham, facilitators

Join AFTD’s Online Community Coordinator and Special Events Manager to explore how you can leverage social media to increase awareness and understanding of FTD.