The Meeting of the Minds Dementia Conference

Look what a good patient association can do. I don't think our fucking failures of stroke associations even want to talk to survivors. Stroke survivors are damned easy to find, they're all over facebook and self created stroke forums. Yeah, stroke survivors can be hard to talk to, like those with aphasia and those that still have high cognitive abilities, some with both.  They would get an earful and our stroke associations seem to just put out press releases, not do any actual work.

	The Meeting of the Minds Dementia Conference is the premier dementia conference for people with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) or early dementia, families, friends and professionals. The conference is a collaboration between the Alzheimer's Association and Mayo Clinic, who work together to create a day filled with dementia information, support and resources. Every year national, regional and local presenters come together to ensure an innovative and insightful conference for the 1,300 participants and over 70 sponsors and exhibits.			Photo: Scott Nelson
	SAVE THE DATE: Saturday, March 19, 2016 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. General Conference registration will open on January 4, 2016 at 9 a.m.  Saint Paul RiverCentre 175 West Kellogg Boulevard Saint Paul, MN 55102
	PRICING: Registration will open at 9 a.m. and end at 5 p.m. (Central Time) on the respective days.
		EARLY BIRD(1/4-2/5)	STANDARD(2/6-3/14)
	PEOPLE WITH EARLY DEMENTIA OR MCI, CAREGIVERS, FAMILIES, FRIENDS OR STUDENTS	$80	$100
	PROFESSIONALS	$160	$180
	KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
	Mary Mittelman, D.P.H. Dr. Mary Mittelman is Research Professor of Psychiatry and Rehabilitative Medicine at NYU School of Medicine. She is an epidemiologist who has been developing and evaluating psychosocial interventions for people with cognitive impairment and their family members for nearly three decades. For more than 20 years, Dr. Mittelman was Principal Investigator of the National Institute of Health funded study of the NYU Caregiver Intervention (NYUCI), which has been widely published and recognized. With her colleagues, she developed online training for social service professionals as well as a telehealth version of the NYUCI. In 2004, Dr. Mittelman was the recipient of the Alzheimer’s Association Zenith Fellows Award for her research on the effectiveness of counseling for couples impacted by dementia. In the past decade, Dr. Mittelman has been evaluating and developing interventions that include the people with dementia with their caregiver, and founded The Unforgettables, a chorus for people with dementia with their family members.
	Donald Warne, MD, MPH Donald Warne, MD, MPH is Professor and Chair of the Department of Public Health in the College of Health Professions at North Dakota State University, and he is the Senior Policy Advisor to the Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board. Dr. Warne is a member of the Oglala Lakota tribe from Pine Ridge, SD and comes from a long line of traditional healers and medicine men. He received his MD from Stanford University School of Medicine and his MPH from Harvard School of Public Health. Professional activities include: Member, National Board of Directors, American Cancer Society  Member, Minority Affairs Section and Association of American Indian Physicians Representative to the American Medical Association  Member, Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services, US Department of Health and Human Services Member, Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  Member, National Institutional Review Board, Indian Health Service
	For more information about the Meeting of the Minds Dementia Conference 2016, contact Deborah Richman, Vice President, Education & Outreach: By phone: 952.857.0551  By email: drichman@alz.org