NADRC Webinar: The Messages We Send: Stigma Toward Persons Living with Dementia and How to End It Tuesday, May 7, 2019, 2:00-3:00 PM ET Register for the event Stigma around dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease—prejudicial attitudes, negative stereotypes, discriminatory behaviors, and social structures biased against persons with dementia—is common. It is also a serious problem. Stigma can harm persons living with dementia and their families by causing them to avoid seeking help managing the disease’s demands, or by impeding efforts to improve their lives, such as scientific efforts to discover disease-modifying therapies. In this webinar, discover the types of stigma that can affect persons living with dementia. Learn about the role language plays in stigma around Alzheimer’s disease. Acquire everyday strategies for countering stigma through person-centered approaches. Hear from a person with early stage dementia about her experiences related to these issues. Presenters Shana Stites, Psy.D., M.A., M.S., is a clinical psychologist and researcher at the University of Pennsylvania. She and her colleague with the Penn Project for Precision Medicine for the Brain study how advances in diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease using genes and biomarkers are changing the experience of disease. Rev. Cynthia Huling Hummel, D.Min., is living with early stage dementia, diagnosed in 2016. She is an Alzheimer’s advocate, author, and artist, and serves on the National Council on Alzheimer's Research, Care and Services. Registration Registration is required to receive the webinar information. Visit the webinar webpage to learn more, including CE credit information. Closed captioning is available for all NADRC webinars. This webinar will be recorded and available for viewing through the National Alzheimer's and Dementia Resource Center.