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Please Join Us for the March Meeting
Ethics in Dementia Care
Wednesday, March 11, 2026 / 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
1.0 CEs – CMCC, SW, NACCM (see information at bottom of page)
This event will be held live, online via Zoom
PROGRAM:
There are several misnomers and steps in the journey of dementia that lead to ethical dilemmas. Dr. Jennifer Stelter, Clinical Psychologist, Dementia Care Consultant, Johns Hopkins author, and national speaker from the Dementia Connection Institute, will review what these ethical dilemmas entail and how to mitigate them with a proactive approach to care.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dr. Jennifer Stelter, PsyD, DCS, DCSCT, is the founder and CEO of the Dementia Connection Institute by the Oil Doctor, Psy.D., LLC, providing education, training, consultation, and clinical services to healthcare organizations and family caregivers. She is the developer and Master Trainer for the nationally and internationally accredited Dementia Connection Specialist (DCS/DCSCT) Certification Program. Also, Dr. Stelter is the author of the Johns Hopkins Press publication “The Busy Caregiver’s Guide to Advanced Alzheimer Disease”.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- Attendees will be able to describe foundational ethical principles.
- Attendees will be able to identify innovative care strategies for persons with dementia.
- Attendees will be able to apply ethical principles to the care of persons with dementia
Meeting Agenda
- Didactic training reviewing the foundational principles.
- Break out group work on case examples.
- Q&A
References :
- Alzheimer’s Association. (2024). 2024 Alzheimer’s disease facts and figures. Alzheimer’s & Dementia, 20(3), 1598–1695. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.13761
- Beauchamp, T. L., & Childress, J. F. (2020). Principles of biomedical ethics (8th ed.). Oxford University Press.
- Bunn, F., Goodman, C., Reece Jones, P., Russell, B., Trivedi, D., Sinclair, A., & Rait, G. (2021). Supporting shared decision-making for people living with dementia in health and social care: A systematic review. Health Expectations, 24(6), 2053–2068. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13369
- Daly, R. L., Bunn, F., & Goodman, C. (2023). Shared decision-making for people living with dementia: Ethical tensions and practical challenges. Journal of Medical Ethics, 49(6), 387–393. https://doi.org/10.1136/jme-2022-108508
- Fazio, S., Pace, D., Flinner, J., & Kallmyer, B. (2020). The fundamentals of person-centered care for individuals with dementia. The Gerontologist, 60(Suppl. 1), S10–S19. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnz135
- Gove, D., Small, N., Downs, M., Vernooij-Dassen, M., & Alzheimer Europe. (2022). Ethical challenges in dementia care: A European perspective. Aging & Mental Health, 26(2), 201–209. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2020.1837269
- Hughes, J. C., & Baldwin, C. (2020). Ethical issues in dementia care: Making difficult decisions. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
- Livingston, G., Huntley, J., Sommerlad, A., Ames, D., Ballard, C., Banerjee, S., Brayne, C., Burns, A., Cohen-Mansfield, J., Cooper, C., Costafreda, S. G., Dias, A., Fox, N., Gitlin, L. N., Howard, R., Kales, H. C., Kivimäki, M., Larson, E. B., Ogunniyi, A., … Mukadam, N. (2020). Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2020 report of the Lancet Commission. The Lancet, 396(10248), 413–446. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30367-6
- National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. (2021). Meeting the challenge of caring for persons living with dementia and their care partners. National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/26026
- Phelan, A., McCarthy, S., McKee, G., & Brown, L. (2022). Ethical decision-making in dementia care: A qualitative synthesis. Nursing Ethics, 29(4), 1071–1085. https://doi.org/10.1177/09697330211060934
- Sabat, S. R., Johnson, A., Swarbrick, C., & Keady, J. (2021). The ethics of personhood in dementia care: Reconceptualizing autonomy and dignity. Dementia, 20(1), 352–368. https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301219886769
- World Health Organization. (2023). Dementia: A public health priority. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/WHO-MSD-MER-23.1
CE INFORMATION:
The New England chapter will be applying for 1.0 CE’s from CCMC/PACE, from NACCM and from the Network for Professional Education at Boston University School of Social Work.
CE certificates will be granted to attendees with full attendance for entire meeting. Please note that anyone arriving after 4:05 am will not be entitled to a certificate.
COST:
Free to members and corporate partners.
RSVP
Please RSVP no later than March 9, 2026
RSVP & Information updates will be in the weekly ListServe announcements. Chapter members, please use RSVP instructions in the announcement.
Individuals wishing to learn more about membership and to attend a chapter program, please email: alcanewenglandmembers@gmail.com
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