9 The Importance of Early Detection and Diagnosis of Dementia with Dr. Soo Borson, MD (1)

Welcome to Once Again, a podcast by Wyoming Dementia Together and the University of Wyoming Center on Aging!

The Wyoming Dementia Together Caregiver Network offers a variety of educational opportunities to Wyoming caregivers. The network meets every other week for an hour to educate, provide resources, and support caregivers of loved ones with dementia.
This week we discuss the integral role of early detection in dementia and how it has evolved over the last decade or so.
Scott Veatch speaks with Dr. Soo Borson who is a Professor of Clinical Family Medicine at the University of Southern California and Professor Emerita at the University of Washington, where she developed its memory disorders clinic and led the ADRC's diversity recruitment efforts. Her work focuses on strategies to improve dementia detection and care delivery, caregiver self-efficacy, and the use of health system data to improve dementia care planning.
She co-leads the CDC-funded BOLD Center on Early Detection of Dementia at New York University Langone and the Southern California Dementia Care Improvement Network. At USC, she works closely with Dr. Laura Mosqueda and other faculty on dementia initiatives, grant writing, and mentorship. Her work is guided by the continuing need to translate specialized knowledge of dementia detection, diagnosis, and care into practical, clinically meaningful, and effective tools to improve systems of care. She consults widely with health care organizations working to become ‘dementia capable,’ and seeks to integrate clinical, community, and public health perspectives into a unified framework for a more dementia-friendly society.

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Dr. Soo Borson is a Professor of Clinical Family Medicine at the University of Southern California and Professor Emerita at the University of Washington, where she developed its memory disorders clinic and led the ADRC's diversity recruitment efforts. Her work focuses on strategies for improving dementia detection and care delivery, caregiver self-efficacy, and the use of health system data to improve dementia care planning. She co-leads the CDC-funded BOLD Center on Early Detection of Dementia at New York University Langone and the Southern California Dementia Care Improvement Network. At USC, she works closely with Dr. Laura Mosqueda and other faculty on dementia initiatives, grant writing, and mentorship. Her work is guided by the continuing need to translate specialized knowledge of dementia detection, diagnosis, and care into practical, clinically meaningful, and effective tools to improve systems of care. She consults widely with health care organizations working to become ‘dementia capable,’ and seeks to integrate clinical, community, and public health perspectives into a unified framework for a more dementia-friendly society.