How to Be a Librarian for Brain Health and Dementia
Come ready with questions about brain health, memory loss, and dementia!
In this webinar, Kelly Osthoff, Senior Director of Programs for Alzheimer’s Association of Colorado, and Cristy Moran, Adult Library Services Senior Consultant for Colorado State Library, will guide librarians and staff from all types of library institutions through resources suitable for meeting the information needs of their community members. Ready resources, including webpages and websites that can be bookmarked on information desk computers, social media accounts and influencers (some care professionals and doctors included!), resource navigation directories, and academic journals and other sources suitable for students with high school and university coursework on brain health. Libraries often provide support for finding and filing applications for medical and other social services. This session may also prove helpful for people wondering where to start looking.
Attendees are asked to come prepared with questions they’d like to ask about available resources and FAQs from community members and other library visitors.
Participants will:
- Locate and save at least five websites to bookmark and social media accounts to follow for general public inquiries (e.g., caregivers, people with personal brain health and memory concerns)
- Identify some academic and medical resources for supporting research for students from high school to university levels (e.g., journals, databases, books)
- Connect with specific resources from Alzheimer’s Association and Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment specific to brain health and memory care
- Engage in conversation and Q&A with Alzheimer’s Association and Colorado State Library about supporting their communities
About the presenter
Kelly has 15 years of experience working in program delivery and assessment, organizational advancement, non-profit leadership. She has been a life-long volunteer with Meals on Wheels and advocate for older adults who had the pleasure of growing up in an intergenerational household, bringing a family connection to the Alzheimer’s Association’s mission.
She has studied Celtic and Gaelic history at the University of Glasgow in Scotland, has earned a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Denver, a master’s degree in Education from the University of Northern Colorado, a post-graduate certificate in gerontology from the University of Northern Colorado, and is currently pursuing a PhD in gerontology with a research focus on dementia caregiving in multi-generational families from the Lutheran Concordia University of Chicago.
She has been with the Association since March of 2015 and currently leads the Care and Support division of the chapter, providing leadership and quality assurance in programs and services execution. She also represents the Alzheimer’s Association on the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s Alzheimer’s and Dementia Related Disorders Action Coalition.