"Dementia Prevention": In-person Badger Talk in La Crosse, WI

Name: "Dementia Prevention": In-person Badger Talk in La Crosse, WI
Start: 2025-10-08T18:00:00-05:00
Location: 615 East Avenue N, La Crosse, WI 54601

Schedule

Wed, 08 Oct, 2025 at 06:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

615 East Avenue N, La Crosse, WI 54601 | La Crosse, WI

Join presenter Alexis Eastman at Cleary Friends & Alumni Center on October 8, 2025, at 6:00 PM for Campus & Community Dementia Education at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. RSVP is appreciated online: https://www.uwlax.edu/gel/dementia-prevention/
A brief and frequently-updated talk on the latest information on how to modify dementia risk, addressing those strategies that are evidence-supported and those that are unlikely to work.
Presenter Dr. Eastman is a geriatrician at UW, with clinics for primary care, and memory disorder diagnosis associated with the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Institute. She currently serves as the Director of Clinical Operations for the UW geriatrics clinics, and as the medical director for the Badger Prairie Health Care Center. She is deeply involved in education, mainly in curriculum development and implementation, with research on novel educational experiences for learners at all levels, and ongoing involvement in statewide education and public outreach. Additionally, she is actively involved in developing new clinical opportunities for older adults, including pre-operative assessment and other forms of comprehensive geriatrics care.