20th Annual Education Symposium

Presented in partnership with the
University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine

Friday, May 8, 2009
7:30am - 4:30pm

Keynote presentation: “Twenty years of Alzheimer’s Research: Past, Present, and Future”

Ending keynote: "Measure of Love: A Father's Alzheimer's, A Daugher's Return"

Mary Ellen Geist refers to herself as the “Designated Daughter,” the one who returned home to support her mother in loving and caring for Mary Ellen’s father Woody with Alzheimer’s disease. With the objectivity of a reporter’s eye and the compassion of a caregiver’s heart, Mary Ellen deftly weaves personal experience and diligent research in sharing her family’s story of life with dementia. Click here to read our review of the book.

Registration

Registration fee includes lunch and materials. $99 per person, or $89 per person for four or more people attending together.

Online registration is now closed. Please call 303.813.1669 to reserve your spot.

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Agenda

Click here to view the schedule of events and breakout sessions.

Symposium handouts

The Alzheimer’s Association is going "green" this year! Please print any handouts you want and bring them with you to the symposium on May 8th. Handouts will remain on this Web page for one month following the symposium. Click here to view and print handouts.

Exhibit at the Symposium

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Please contact Amelia Schafer for more information.

George and Pat Sugerman Excellence in Caregiving Award

Each year the Alzheimer’s Association of Colorado gives the George and Pat Sugerman Excellence in Caregiving Award to a professional caregiver who provides outstanding care to people with Alzheimer’s disease.  We rely on your nominations to identify these exceptional caregivers.  Each nominee will be recognized during the 2009 Annual Education Symposium.

Guidelines for Nomination:

• Family or friends of individuals receiving care must make nominations.
• Nominees should provide direct care to people with Alzheimer’s.  Please do not nominate supervisory personnel such as nurses and/or activity directors.
• You may wish to nominate more than one person.  However, you must use a separate form for each person as this award is for an individual, not a group of individuals.

Click here to view more information about the Sugerman Excellence in Caregiving Award.

For more information about the award or to nominate your favorite caregiver, contact Amelia Schafer at 303.813.1669 or amelia.schafer@alz.org.

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Scholarships

Directions

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