Caregiving Boot Camp: Podcast with Zaldy Tan
\u201cDiagnose and adios.\u201d\xa0 That\u2019s the sad phrase that I\u2019ve heard quoted more than once, representing caregivers' sentiment of what it\u2019s like to be told by a clinician that your loved one has dementia.\xa0
This week we talked with Zaldy Tan, Geriatrician and Director of the Memory and Aging program at Cedars Sinai in Los Angeles.\xa0 With David Reuben at UCLA and others working LA realized that current caregiver training programs were lacking.\xa0 Caregivers for people with dementia are stressed, short on time, and thirsty for high impact information and skills training that can be delivered efficiently.\xa0 To meet this need they launched a new caregiver \u201cbootcamp\u201d 1-day training (with the help of Archstone Foundation which also funds GeriPal).\xa0 We cover many topics, including dissemination of the bootcamp to Spanish-speaking caregivers, converting to video boot camp during COVID, and ways you can partner with them to create your own boot camp.
Listen to the podcast to learn more!\xa0
(And \u201cRemember Me\u201d from Coco - great song choice)
JAGS article on caregiver boot camp
Dementia caregiver IcareD website (including upcoming bootcamp calendar)
CAPC website on caregiver support
-@AlexSmithMD