2024 ACA Nashville Program Book_154th Congress of Correction

Learning Objectives: • Participants will be able to identify inmates with dementia. • Participants will know the treatment options available for dementia patients. • Participants will be able to identify eight non-medical practices that are currently being implemented to support better care for prisoners with dementia. Moderator: Clayton Weiss , MPH, Director Office of Health Services, Florida Department of Corrections, Tallahassee, Florida Speakers: Jerome Greenfield , M.D., DLFAPA, Deputy Chief Officer, Psychiatry, VitalCore Health Strategies, Topeka, Kansas; Thomas Culbreath , Ph.D., Internship and Residency Training Director, Zephyrhills Correctional Institution, Zephyrhills, Florida; Danny Martinez , M.D., MPH, Chief of Medical Services, Florida Department of Corrections, Tallahassee, Florida Correctional Registered Dietitians: The Missing Link in Correctional Health Care [CERP] Room 206A B Primary Area of Focus: Healthcare/Wellness Primary Community of Focus: Adult Corrections/ Community Corrections/Jails/Juvenile/Prisons/ Prisons & Jails In corrections, medical staff are not able to focus on their particular job duties, because they have to address food and nutrition requests from people who are incarcerated. These individuals state foods they are allergic to, request additional food and extra protein and need nutrition education on their particular diagnosis. Medical staff do not have the time or training to manage food/nutrition issues. This presentation will describe the role of correctional registered dietitians. In addition, it will explain how having a correctional registered dietitian at the facility will allow medical staff to focus on their area of expertise. Finally, this presentation will have participants create a list of food and nutrition issues they deal with

Speakers: Randall Liberty , Commissioner, Maine Department of Corrections, Augusta, Maine; Mark McBrine , Food Service Manager Mountainview & Downeast Correctional Facilities, Maine Department of Corrections, Augusta, Maine; Krista Okerholm , Director of Culinary & Food Sustainability, Maine Department of Corrections, Augusta, Maine Dementia in the Incarcerated Population: An Overview of the Present and Future Treatment and Management [ Y CE/CE/CME/CERP/CEU] Room 205C Primary Area of Focus: Special Populations Primary Community of Focus: Adult Corrections The purpose of this presentation is to inform the audience about the growing elderly population in correctional custody. This is not only the case in Florida. This is the case around most of the United States, England, Wales, Australia and many European nations. A significant portion of this elderly incarcerated population has some form of cognitive impairment, the most common of which is dementia. We will demonstrate statistics that show the size of this population in the past, compared to today. We will then forecast what the size of this population will likely be in the near future. Then, we will discuss how dementia is diagnosed and how we rule out other conditions which can mimic dementia. Once identified, we will list the diagnostic tests used to identify dementia and we will go over the latest treatment options for the disease. We finish the presentation by examining eight nonmedical practices currently being implemented to provide better care for inmates with dementia. These practices are (1) early and ongoing screening, (2) specialized services, (3) specialized units, (4) dementia specific programs and activities, (5) adaptation of the incarcerated environment, (6) early release or parole for older prisoners with dementia that are deemed at low risk for reoffending, (7) training younger prisoners as well as (8) staff to assist older prisoners with dementia.

WORKSHOPS

Thursday, Aug. 15 ▼ 10–11:30 a.m.

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