Speaking — From knowledge & Experience

Dr, Cummings speaks from the heart and shares her knowledge and experience as a gerontologist. She has been the top-ranked speaker at more than 300 national, regional, and state conferences.

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  • Dementia is a Brain Disease
     Provides a basic understanding of dementia

  • The Lobes of the Brain
     How the disease affects different parts of the brain

  • What is Memory?
     How memory is formed, when, and how it is lost

  • The Nine Common Dementias
     Characteristics of each and how to diagnose

  • Staging the Person with Dementia
     What to expect as the disease progresses

  • Triggers & Causes of ADL Challenges & Falls
    Learn how to get ADLs accomplished smoothly

  • What Does That Behavior Mean?
     Behaviors can be specific to certain dementias

  • Communication in Dementia Care
    How to approach and understand needs

  • Pain and Other Assessments
     Pain can be a primary trigger cause

  • Approach, Conversations & the 5 Senses
     Sensory changes and how to navigate them

  • Care to the End of Life
     What to expect and when•

  • Guilt and Grief in Dementia Care
     How to handle compassion fatigue

2024 Keynote Topics

  • The Nine Common Dementias

  • Did COVID Cause My PTSD?

  • The Ethics of Dementia Care

  • Are We Doing This Wrong?
    Is Our Care Based on Medical Facts?