City-Wide Behavioural Neurology Rounds - R. Jokel: Linguistic Autopsy in Alzheimer’s Disease: The Mysterious Case of Agatha Christie

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Presenter:
Regina Jokel, Ph.D
Scientific Associate, Kunin-Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit (KLARU)
Speech-Language Pathologist, Sam and Ida Ross Memory Clinic, Baycrest
Assistant Professor, Dept of Speech Language Pathology, University of Toronto

Location:
Baycrest Hospital
Ben and Hilda Katz Building
2nd floor
Classrooms ABC

Learning Objectives:

• Identify the signs of (and learn to accept) language changes in normal aging
• Become familiar with language changes in dementia
• Recognize linguistic markers of AD in written language

8:00am - 8:45am: Presentation
8:45am - 9:00am: Interactive session

This event will be videoconferenced from Baycrest to various other participating sites:

• Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Room A450
• St. Michael’s Hospital
• Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
• Bloorview Kids Rehab
• Bridgepoint Health
• The Royal Victoria Hospital, Barrie
• Northeast Mental Health Centre, North Bay
• Sudbury Regional Hospital
• Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences

This event is an accredited group learning activity as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
We gratefully acknowledge educational grants from Lundbeck Canada Inc., Novartis Inc., and Pfizer Canada which support these rounds

• Rounds are Restricted to Health Care Professionals