{"id":3849,"date":"2025-01-16T13:29:10","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T18:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allhomecarematters.com\/?p=3849"},"modified":"2025-01-16T13:29:10","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T18:29:10","slug":"the-lewy-body-dementia-association-with-julia-wood-director-of-professional-community-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allhomecarematters.com\/the-lewy-body-dementia-association-with-julia-wood-director-of-professional-community-education\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lewy Body Dementia Association with Julia Wood Director of Professional &#038; Community Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>The Lewy Body Dementia Association with Julia Wood Director of Professional &#038; Community Education<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Lewy Body Dementia Association with Julia Wood Director of Professional &amp; Community Education\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NZZtLuIH45o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nAll Home Care Matters and our host, Lance A. Slatton were honored to welcome Julia Wood, MOT, OTR\/L the Director of Professional &#038; Community Education for the Lewy Body Dementia Association (LBDA).<\/p>\n<p>About Julia Wood, MOT, OTR\/L:<\/p>\n<p>Julia Wood, MOT, OTR\/L is an occupational therapist and international educator specializing in assessment and treatment of people with Parkinson\u2019s disease and related dementias. Julia joined the Lewy Body Dementia Association (LBDA) as director of Professional &#038; Community Education in 2021. <\/p>\n<p>She co-authored the first American Occupational Therapy Association Practice Guideline for Adults with Parkinson\u2019s Disease in 2022 and serves on the Comprehensive Care Subcommittee for the World Parkinson\u2019s Congress (WPC). <\/p>\n<p>About the Lewy Body Dementia Association (LBDA):<\/p>\n<p>The Lewy Body Dementia Association (LBDA) is the leading national organization dedicated to improving the lives of Lewy body dementia (LBD) families.<\/p>\n<p>The Lewy Body Association (LBDA) Mission:  <\/p>\n<p>To optimize the quality of life for those affected by Lewy body dementia, we accelerate awareness, advance research for early diagnosis and improved care, and provide comprehensive education and compassionate support.<\/p>\n<p>Program Provision Highlights:<\/p>\n<p>Support:<\/p>\n<p>LBDA offers a wide variety of compassionate and confidential support services for those who are symptomatic or diagnosed, their families and current or former care partners, including but not limited to:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Virtual and in-person support groups<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Connecting to Lewy Buddies, lived-experience volunteers who share   their time and experience with individuals and families<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Opportunity to connect directly with one of LBDA\u2019s licensed social workers through the Lewy Line, a toll-free number, Monday &#8211; Friday<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Assistance in identifying additional external programs or local resources <\/p>\n<p>(LBDA does not promote any doctor, medical center, allied healthcare provider, medication, product or treatment, nor direct referrals for residential facilities or home care agencies).<\/p>\n<p>Education:<br \/>\nLBDA provides free resources and educational programming throughout the year on a wide variety of LBD topics.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 2024 Community Webinar Series:  Empowerment through Education is designed to provide strategies for self-advocacy, exploration of the complex symptoms of LBD, and skills and resources to enhance quality of life.  <\/p>\n<p>o Available to watch on LBDAtv or Mediflix<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 2025 Community Webinar Series: Mastering Lewy Body Dementia Together will focus on building mastery of understanding on the complex symptoms of (LBD), continuation of providing strategies for self-advocacy and resources for support, and tactics for enhancing quality of life.  <\/p>\n<p>o Begins January 15<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Lewy Learning Center is a free online platform for sharing education LBD with the community and health care professionals. A go to place for on-demand learning, courses are available to watch at any time, share with friends and family members, with unlimited viewing options.  <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 LBDA offers complimentary educational materials for individuals and families as well as healthcare provides which can be requested via lbda.org (US only)<\/p>\n<p>Research:<\/p>\n<p>LBDA facilitates, promotes and assists in the development of LBD clinical trials and research studies.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Lewy Trial Tracker is a tool for individuals to receive information on new and currently recruiting clinical trials and studies.  It is a single source of information that highlights study topics, procedures, locations and study site contact information.  Registrants receive quarterly emails, and the information collected is confidential.   <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 LBDA\u2019s Research Centers of Excellence is a network of 25 of the nation\u2019s leading academic medical research institutions connecting individuals and their families with highly-specialized physicians providing advanced diagnosis and treatment, as well as conducting LBDA research.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lewy Body Dementia Association with Julia Wood Director of Professional &#038; Community Education &nbsp; &nbsp; All Home Care Matters and our host, Lance A. Slatton were honored to welcome Julia Wood, MOT, OTR\/L the Director of Professional &#038; Community Education for the Lewy Body Dementia Association (LBDA). 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