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It has been more than six months since our annual meeting in Dallas, and as I was thinking about the past few months I realized that it was past time that I tried to personally communicate with you, the members. I know that you get updates through the electronic newsletter in the mailbox. I also realize that most of the time you either don't read it or glance through it. However, I want to try and make a personal connection with the members as mine and the rest of the leaderships role is to serve you, the members and through you or our patients. We are a membership organization, and the members have risen to the challenge of serving AAGP through volunteer work on the board of directors, the committees, and through submissions to be presented at the Annual meeting. I will now talk about what has been happening the past few months…
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| MIT Board Member Election Results
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Congratulations to Stefana Morgan, MD, who was elected for the MIT Board of Directors position by her peers! Welcome to the Board, Stefana!
| AAGP 2018 Award Recipients — Congratulations to all!
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- Barry Lebowitz Early Career Scientist Award — Donovan Maust, MD, MS
- Jeanne Jackson-Siegal Clinician of the Year Award — Sandra Swantek, MD
- Distinguished Scientist Award — Jiska Cohen-Mansfield, PhD
- Educator of the Year Award — William M. McDonald, MD
- Member-in-Training Research Award — Oliver Glass, MD
| Call for Donations for the AAGP Scholars Program
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Donate today to help us reach our fundraising goal of $100,000! The money we receive directly influences the number of Scholars we are able to invite. It is important we encourage the next generation of medical students and residents to consider careers in Geriatric Psychiatry. Please visit www.aagponline.org/donatescholars to make a donation today.
| iGPSAP 2017: The Internet Geriatric Psychiatry Self-Assessment Program
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The Internet Geriatric Psychiatry Self-Assessment Program is great to help you prepare for subspecialty certification or recertification examinations and is approved for 42 Self-Assessment CME credit hours by ABPN. For more information go to, www.aagponline.org/iGPSAP.
| #AAGP 2018 Annual Meeting Online Registration is available
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To register, go to http://www.aagponline.org/AMregfees, Early-Bird deadline is January 16, 2018.
| #AAGP2018 Annual Meeting — Hotel reservation
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Reserve your room today for the #AAGP2018 Annual Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii. For more information, go to www.aagponline.org/hotel. AAGP Group Rate deadline is February 22.
| AAGP 2017 Annual Meeting Session Recordings
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Are available for purchase at http://bit.ly/2sEOXAs and offers a maximum of 47 CME credits. Purchase today to receive the Self-Assessment Exam component for a limited time only (expires 12/31/2017).
Alzheimer's News Today
We're all familiar with Alzheimer's disease — it's the disease that robs us of our loved ones and robs the ones we love of their experiences. But do we actually know what can cause it and what the risks are? Is there something we can do to minimize the risk of developing Alzheimer's?
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U.S. News & World Report
Contrary to conventional wisdom, an increase in age can lead to an increase in happiness. In fact, older adults tend to be more satisfied with their lives than their younger peers. But, for those who need it, limited supply of and access to proper geriatric psychiatric treatment leave many older adults' mental health issues underdiagnosed and thus undertreated.
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CNN
The maker of a little red pill intended to treat a rare condition is raking in hundreds of millions of dollars a year as it aggressively targets frail and elderly nursing home residents for whom the drug may be unnecessary or even unsafe, a CNN investigation has found.
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Forbes
It's not uncommon to feel ill-equipped to serve as primary care partner for your loved one with dementia. In hindsight, you may think, "I've made lots of mistakes," "I wish I'd done more research," "If only I'd paid more attention to little signs," "I should have had an action plan," "I really didn't know what was coming," "Now I have a lot of guilt."
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