Dr. Oz will be guest speaker at Alzheimer’s virtual conference

NEW YORK — The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America will hold a free virtual educational conference as part of its national Educating America Tour to help Connecticut residents affected by Alzheimer’s disease, caregivers, and those seeking to learn more about the disease, according to organizers.

The virtual conference will be held from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Nov. 17. The conference, which is free and open to all, aims to provide information and advice from health and caregiving experts, according to organizers. To register, go to www.alzfdn.org/tour.

“Knowledge is a useful and powerful tool that can help make any situation easier to navigate. That’s especially true now as approximately 80,000 Connecticut families are caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said AFA president and CEO Charles J. Fuschillo, Jr., in a statement. “We want individuals who are caring for someone with Alzheimer’s to know about the resources available to help them and steps that they can take to improve their loved one’s care and quality of life. This conference will bring that information directly to families without having to leave their homes.”

Dr. Mehmet Oz, host of “The Dr. Oz Show”, “will be a guest speaker and share his family’s personal Alzheimer’s story regarding the diagnosis of his mother, Suna Oz, last year,” organizers said in the statment. “Dr. Oz will describe how the diagnosis impacted his family, as well as share tips to promote good brain health and healthy aging.”

Sessions during the virtual conference will include:

— More than Memory: Approach to Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Alzheimer’s Disease.

— Planning for LongTerm Care: Directives and Strategies.

— Choosing to Care For more information or to register, go to www.alzfdn.org/tour. Those who can’t participate in the virtual conference or have immediate questions about Alzheimer’s disease can connect with licensed social workers seven days a week through AFA’s National Toll-Free Helpline at 866-232-8484 or via its online web chat system (available in 90-plus languages) at www.alzfdn.org by clicking the blue and white chat icon in the righthand corner of the page.

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