Understanding Alzheimer's and Dementia

Description

Join us as Billy Curtis from the Alzheimer’s Association shares key information related to dementia, including the difference between Alzheimer's disease and other dementia, stages of the disease, individual risk factors, current research, emerging treatments, and advances in early detection.

Release date: 2026

Resources

To access information shared in this webinar, please complete the free course from the Alzheimer’s Association:

Credits for Webinar

We are now offering 1 hour of ACVREP credit for our webinars! Read below for instructions on how to receive credit. Please note, CE credit will not be given for any of our webinars held before 2026.

Instructions for receiving credit for webinars:

If you attend live, follow these instructions:

1. Attend the entire webinar. OIB-TAC webinars are held on the third Friday of each month from 2:00 pm- 3:00 pm CT (except for June and December).
2. During the webinar, there will be two code words given. Listen for and make note of these words.
3. At the conclusion of the webinar, you will need to fill out a short form, which will ask you to provide your name as you would like it to appear on your certificate, both code words, and your greatest takeaway from the webinar. The link will be provided to you in three ways.
   1. The link will be posted in the chat at the conclusion of the webinar.
   2. The link will be sent out to all attendees the following Monday, unless otherwise stated in the webinar. Please note, if you use a phone to attend the meeting, we will not be able to send the link to your email.
   3. The link will be available on the specific webinar page of our website following the live webinar event.
4. Once you have completed the form, the OIB-TAC will send your CE certificate within 7-10 business days. If you do not receive the certificate within this time frame. Please email us at info@oib-tac.org.

Presenter

Billy is the Program Manager for the Alabama Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association. In this role, he oversees all the of the Care & Support functions of the chapter, including community education, caregiver support groups, and volunteer management. Billy has been with the Alzheimer's Association for almost 5 years, and has 15 years of working in the non-profit sector in total. As a child, he watched as his grandmother suffered through early-onset dementia in an era when the disease was not well understood, and now has a passion for connecting caregivers to education and resources to better care for their loved ones.