September 11, 2008--7:00-9:00 PM The Current State of Alzheimer's Disease Lincoln Office on Aging Caregiver Support Group.  To attend contact Donna Washburn, LIFE office, Lincoln, NE at 402.442.7070.  Lancaster Room, Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital September 22-23, 2008--2 day Foundations of Dementia Care workshop through the Nebraska Health Care Association and Nebraska Association of Assisted Living Association.  Contact Betty Ferdinand, Nebraska Health Care Association-Nebraska Assisted Living Association 402.435.3551 October 3, 2008--8:00-11:45 AM No Magic Bullets Preservation of Brain Health by Nancy Emerson Lombardo, Ph.D., Boston University School of Medicine, sponsored by the Coalition for Older Adult Health Promotion.  For registration, fee and CEU information contact Teresa Stitcher Fritz at 402.420.2540.  Open to the Public.  October 8, 2008--6:30-8:30 PM Overview of Alzheimer's Disease presented by Charlie Simineo, Laramie County Community College (LCCC), Cheyenne campus.  Contact Susan Maxell at LCCC Cheyenne campus to register or contact Charlie Simineo at 307.634.1010. October 10, 2008--8:30 AM-3:00 PM Care and Compassion for Today's World on Alzheimer's Disease for the Licensed Practical Nurse Association of Nebraska conference Midtown Holiday Inn, Grand Island, NE.  Contact Connie Wagner, Licensed Practical Nurse Association of Nebraska 402.435.3551 for registration information including CEU information. October 20, 2008--8:30 AM-3:30 PM Looking Through the Crystal Ball:  Dementia Care in he 21st Century by Kim Petersen, M.D. and Gail Petersen, Ph.D. sponsored by the Alzheimer's Association of the Great Plains and Southeast Community College (SECC) at Southeast Community College, Continuing Education Center, 301 S. 68th St. Pl., Lincoln.  Contact Jeanette Walsh at 402.437.2700 to register and for CEU information. October 21, 2008--8:30 AM-3:30 PM Looking Through the Crystal Ball:  Dementia Care in the 21st Century by Kim Petersen, M.D. and Gail Petersen, Ph.D. sponsored by the Alzheimer's Association of the Great Plains and Southeast Community College (SECC) at Central Community College, Grand Island.  Contact Jeanette Walsh at 402.437.2700 to register and for CEU information. October 22, 2008--8:30 AM-3:30 PM Looking Through the Crystal Ball: Dementia Care in the 21st Century by Kim Petersen, M.D. and Gail Petersen, Ph.D. sponsored by the Alzheimer's Association of the Great Plains and Southeast Community College (SECC) at Laramie County Community College, Laramie, WY.  Contact Jeanette Walsh 402.437.2700 to register and for CEU information. October 24-26, 2008--3-day workshop--Cognitive Health and Memory Disorders Conference, A Guide for the Primary Care Practitioner, Spring Creek Ranch, Jackson, WY.  Contact conference planner Annie Jack at 307.733.9225 for registration and CEU informaton. November 11, 2008--Alzheimer's Awareness Month Seminar, Looking at the Future of Alzheimer's Disease, Dr. William Thies, Vice President of Medical/Scientific Affairs, national Alzheimer's Association, hosted by the Alzheimer's Association of the Great Plains and Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital, Lincoln, NE.  Location and time to be announced.  Call Teresa Stitcher Fritz at 402.420.2540 at the Alzheimer's Association's Lincoln administrative office for more information.   For educational opportunities in 2008 in the Great Plains Chapter region or to discuss planning an education program, please contact Teresa Stitcher Fritz, Program Director, in the Lincoln office, 402.420.2540.

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