Dementia: How Our Brains Work and How They Don’t

Dr. Beren will provide an overview of the dementias, including Alzheimer’s disease.  He will contrast dementia to normal brain function and aging.  There will be a brief discussion regarding current treatments with a nod to prevention.  He will discuss the prevalence of dementia in the Jewish population. An opportunity for questions and answers follows his presentation.

The lecture is free and open to the public. At the Murphy-Wilmot Library, 530 N Wilmot Road in Tucson. Please let us know that you are coming by sending an RSVP to Susan at srubinaz@comcast.net, 577-7718, or Jacqui 722-5652, jacsaltz@cox.net.

Dr. Robert Beren is a member of the Secular Humanist Jewish Circle. He grew up in Tucson and went to medical school at the University of Arizona. He did his Family Practice residency in Colorado. After that he and his wife worked in a refugee camp on the Thai Cambodian border. After a few years in Arkansas, Hawaii and Utah, they returned to Tucson to raise their family. Dr. Beren has been practicing family medicine, with an emphasis on geriatrics since 1996.  In these past ten years, he has been working in long term care facilities and adult care homes.

Participants are asked to bring a snack to share and encouraged to make a donation to the Community Food Bank. To learn about SHJC, visit our website, www.secularhumanistjewish.org.