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Dementia in Middle Age: Updates on Frontotemporal Dementia & Early Onset Alzheimer’s Disease

March 15 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

FREE

Are certain types of dementia more common in younger people? Do dementia symptoms look the same for both younger and older folks?

Find out when Brad Dickerson, MD and Katie Brandt, MM, present, Dementia in Middle Age: Updates on Frontotemporal
Dementia & Early Onset Alzheimer’s Disease. Dr. Dickerson and Ms. Brandt will cover:

  • Types of Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD) and Early Onset Alzheimer’s Disease
    (EOAD)
  • Causes of FTD & EOAD
  • Approved and experimental treatments for FTD and EOAD
  • The unique care and support needs of people and families living with young-onset dementia

Brad Dickerson is Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School and Director of the FTD Unit at Mass General Hospital. Katie Brandt is Director of Caregiver Support Services and Public Relations for the FTD Unit.

This program is part of the MADRC Talk With the Doc(tor) Series and will be held virtually via Zoom.

Register to attend here: https://bit.ly/TWTDMarch2024

 

 

Details

Date:
March 15
Time:
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Cost:
FREE
Website:
https://bit.ly/TWTDMarch2024

Organizer

Massachusetts Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center

Venue

Virtual
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