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As part of World Alzheimer’s Month, Home Instead Senior Care
and Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) will co-host
three roundtable events around the world to address the need for support for
family members who care for those with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.
Roger Baumgart, Jeff Huber and Dave Banark will be representing
Home Instead Senior Care at these events called Living with Alzheimer’s: A Journey of Caring in Washington D.C
(Sept. 19), London (Sept. 20), and Beijing (Sept. 26).
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Each panel of prestigious Alzheimer’s experts – including
influential healthcare professionals, nonprofit organizations, government
officials, opinion leaders and family caregivers – will be moderated by noted international
journalists. We encourage you to follow
the discussion on Twitter and Facebook using #Alztalk2013.
The events will be moderated by:
o Barry Petersen,
Emmy Award-wining CBS Correspondent, Author of Jan’s Story about his
late wife’s struggle with Alzheimer’s (North America)
o Professor Luning Wang, President, Alzheimer’s Disease
China (Asia)
Panel members for the Living
with Alzheimer’s: A Journey of Caring event include:
o Dr. Robert Yeoh, former president Alzheimer’s Australia
o Professor Angela Leung, Hong Kong University
o Linda Lawrence, family caregiver from Canada
o
Dr.
Alexander Sandy Halperin, Alumni Member of the National Alzheimer's
Association Early Stage Advisory Group --- Alzheimer's Advocate; former dentist
with Alzheimer’s
o
Deb
Cohen, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Knowledge Development for the Society
for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
o
Anne Connelly, Aging Well Network in Ireland
o
Dr. Hans Groth, World Demographic &
Ageing Forum
o
Professor Martin Prince, King’s College
