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Are you a member of a Geriatric Healthcare Team working with patients at risk for or living with Dementia? Join us for our new Maryland Project ECHO® Dementia (MED) educational series.
MED is a free, virtual program designed for primary healthcare teams. The program connects participants with experts and peers from across Maryland to enhance care of older adults and families affected by Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD). As you may know, Maryland has the highest dementia prevalence in the nation (12.9%), with rates expected to rise over the next five years. At the same time, nearly 260,000 family caregivers across the state provide unpaid dementia care, highlighting the essential role of primary care in early identification, management, and support.
ABOUT PROJECT MARYLAND PROJECT ECHO® DEMENTIA Maryland Project ECHO® Dementia aims to strengthen dementia care across all communities by supporting primary care providers and practices in delivering best practice care. We invite members of your practice to participate by completing the registration form linked below. MARYLAND PROJECT ECHO® DEMENTIA REGISTRATION LINK · Case-based All-Teach, All-Learn™ model · Free CME/CEU credits · Interactive, relevant, and applicable to practices · Six (6) one-hour, virtual sessions (12:00pm-1:00pm)
- February 18, 2026: Differentiating usual from unusual changes in cognition
- March 4, 2026: Differentiating types of dementia
- March 18, 2026: Differentiating dementia, delirium, and depression
- April 1, 2026: Pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical treatment options
- April 15, 2026: Effective communication
- April 29, 2026: Community resources and supports
· Attendance at all sessions encouraged, not required · Supported by the Maryland Department of Aging · Funded by a generous grant from the Alzheimer’s Association
Please note: We encourage all members of your practice to participate. Separate registration is required for each participating team member.
ABOUT Project ECHO® Project ECHO® (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) was developed at the University of New Mexico by Dr. Sanjeev Aurora in 2003. Today it is a nationally recognized lifelong learning and guided practice model that expands workforce capacity to deliver best-practice specialty care and reduce health disparities. Through a hub-and-spoke knowledge-sharing network, expert teams connect with community-based clinicians via multi-point videoconferencing to conduct virtual clinics, enabling participants to build clinical skills, improve care coordination, and provide high-quality dementia care within their own communities.
Please visit the Project ECHO® website for more information about the model. Questions? Please contact us at ggear@umaryland.edu or call the program director, Diane Martin, at 410-706-4327.
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