Education
Bringing Education Through Conference Keynotes, Webinars & Events
Keynotes, Webinars & Presentations
Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration Annual Education Conference Keynote Address - Katie was honored to present the 2025 AFTD Education Conference Keynote Address in-person in Denver, CO and online around the world. Love, Loss & Resilience: A Caregiver Perspective, has been Katie's most personal keynote address. With the intention to connect with those walking the journey of FTD, Katie shares wisdom and heart, letting others know that love will end FTD.
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Differentiating Dementias: Treatments and Care Approaches - Katie presented alongside experts in the field of neurodegenerative disorders for a panel discussion to provide an understanding on the approach to care and management of Lewy Body Dementia, Frontotemporal Dementia and Post Cortical Atrophy. Best treatments and a range of nonpharmacologic approaches to behavior management were presented along with community-based resources and support. This session promoted personhood, dignity and enhanced quality of life at every stage of dementia. ​
Alzheimer's Foundation of America: Fireside Chat - AFA's Fireside Chat is an educational and informational web series designed to raise awareness about Alzheimer’s and related dementias, the symptoms associated with these diseases, healthcare disparities, and resources available to help. Join Katie for her discussion with Charles Fuschillo, AFA President & CEO, and learn more about the ways families can plan for care with personhood and dignity at every stage of life with dementia.
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​The Care Plan Trifecta - Katie presented a four-part webinar series on the Care Plan Trifecta, a model for person-centered care planning for every stage of life lived alongside dementia.
Webinar series presented by the MGH FTD Unit.
Episode 1: Intro & The Medical Community
Episode 2: Beginning the Journey & The Home Community
Episode 3: Traveling the Journey & The Home Community
Episode 4: Voice & The Patient Advocacy Community
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Recognizing Dementia Early With the Help of Family Caregivers - Katie presented alongside Dr. Lynn Hallarman for this National Center for Equitable Care for Elders webinar that focused on improving the recognition of early signs and symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) through effective communication with family (also known as informal) caregivers.
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Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD): The challenge of diagnosis and the care - Katie was interviewed by Stephen Adams of Optimum TV to talk about the most common form of dementia to impact people under the age of 60. Listen as Katie shares the early symptoms that her husband experienced, the unique challenges to receive an accurate diagnosis and where caregivers can turn for support.
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National Alzheimer's and Dementia Resource Center Webinar: - Katie presented alongside caregiver and advocate, Marilyn Decalo, in the NADRC webinar Frontotemporal Degeneration (FTD): Focus on Interdisciplinary Care and Caregiver Lived Experience.
A Night With the Arts for FTD
Hear Katie's remarks as emcee and co-chair of the 9th annual gala to benefit the MGH Frontotemporal Disorders Unit.​​​
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Dementia in Middle Age: Updates on Frontotemporal Dementia & Early Onset Alzheimer’s Disease
See Katie talk with Dr. Brad Dickerson, Director, MGH Frontotemporal Disorders Unit, on this episode of Talk With the Doctor Series presented by the Massachusetts Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (MADRC) to learn more about atypical and young-onset dementias.
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April 2024 Meeting of the Advisory Council on Alzheimer’s Research, Care, and Services
Watch Katie's presentation, Love, Loss & Resilience: A Caregiver Perspective on the Impact of a Young-Onset Dementia Diagnosis, at the April 30, 2024 meeting of the National Alzheimer's Project Act (NAPA) Advisory Council Meeting.
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Alector - Lived Experience Presentation
Watch a highlight of Katie's lived experience presentation at Alector where she explains the Care Plan Trifecta and how it can help families navigate life after a diagnosis.
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ALZ Talks: Becoming An Empowered Caregiver - Katie Brandt joins caregivers Freddye James and Judith Susan Rocha for an Alzheimer's Association webinar that focuses on diverse experiences of family caregivers of loved ones living with dementia. Led by Anna Sampley, Alzheimer's Association Senior Associate Director of Care & Support, this webinar provides insight, emotional connection and practical tools for caregivers at every stage of caregiving.
Alzheimer's Foundation of America: Educational Webinar Series Katie was honored to present the Caregiver Trifecta, an innovative person-centered care planning approach that incorporates the person with the diagnosis, their care partners, and their community as the anchor for each element of care. Hear how this approach to care planning guides professional and family caregivers to build a plan that reflects values, goals of care, personhood, and dignity at every stage of life lived with dementia.
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Alzheimer's Foundation of America: Women & Alzheimer's: The Empowerment Forum Katie was honored to speak at the 2024 AFA Women & Alzheimer's Empowerment Forum in New York City on the Caregiver Panel (beginning at 1:33 on recording timeline) to share her personal experience as an FTD and Alzheimer's caregiver and how it has impacted her identity as a woman, wife and daughter.​
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Alzheimer's Foundation of America: Educating America Tour Katie was honored to present The Caregiver Trifecta: Empowering Families to Plan for Personhood, Dignity and Connection at Every Stage of Care as a part of the Boston stop of AFA's national educational tour.​
