Vitamin M (Music) for Dementia: How Music Strikes a Chord
Tue, Mar 28
|MCMS Conference Room
Hear evidence-based findings on how music can positively impact persons living with dementia when nothing else is effective. Learn the simple but effective process of teaching staff and families to provide individualized music for someone who is affected by dementia.
Time & Location
Mar 28, 2023, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
MCMS Conference Room, 326 E Coronado Rd #101, Phoenix, AZ 85004
Guests
About the event
Instructors: This webinar is conducted by Maribeth Gallagher, DNP, FAAN, a board-certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner. She serves as the Director of the Dementia Program at Hospice of the Valley and as an expert clinician for a pre-hospice program called Supportive Care for Dementia. Her commitment to optimizing dementia care was initially inspired by her own experiences as a family caregiver, sharing the journey with her loved one with dementia from diagnosis to death.
Learning objectives: 1) Describe ‘individualized music’ and why it is important for the person with dementia. 2) Discuss evidence-based findings as to how music can positively impact persons living with dementia. 3) Explain the step-by-step process of providing music for persons living with dementia.
Hospice of the Valley is accredited by the Arizona Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians. CME Provider Number: 4006914.
Hospice of the Valley designates this Live Activity educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)â„¢. Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.