2021 Changes to the Guidelines for the Evaluation of Dementia and Age-Related Cognitive Change

The APA Guidelines for the Evaluation of Dementia and Age-Related Cognitive Change were revised in 2021 in light of the substantial updates to diagnostic criteria and implementation of assessment practices over the last 10 years. This program, Part 1 of 3, provides an overview of relevant changes in diagnostic criteria, and nomenclature and updated information about the biological underpinnings of neurodegenerative diseases. The workshop will also discuss the skills, tools, and experience psychologists need in order to competently perform assessment and intervention with older adults with suspected cognitive change or dementia.

This program is part of the Updates for Clinicians: Guidelines for the Evaluation of Dementia and Age-Related Cognitive Change Series.

• Identify key updates that were made to the Guidelines for the Evaluation of Dementia and Age-related Cognitive change in 2021.
• Demonstrate understanding of at least three key procedural guidelines relevant to the assessment of older adults with cognitive changes.
  

Benjamin Mast, PhD, ABPP and Bonnie C. Sachs, PhD, ABPP