At the workshop: “What’s the Difference Between Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia?

Where this question came from and how we can finally answer it",” Dr. Karlawish will cover:

• ·Why the words we use in talking about Alzheimer’s disease and other diseases that cause dementia matter to patients, clinicians, researchers, policy makers and advocates

• ·How Alzheimer’s disease got its name

• The story of how the Alzheimer’s Association got its name

• ·How MCI (Mild Cognitive Impairment) and biomarkers revolutionized research and care

• ·A vision for a nomenclature that serves patients, clinicians, researchers, policy makers and advocates