Resource Library
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Resources from our Partners & Industry Professionals
Alzheimer’s Services of the Capital Area
Grab a free copy of The 36 Hour Day and so much more.
Positive Approach to Care
Formal dementia care training or free podcasts.
Be Light Care – Adria Thompson
Dementia care training and quick tips on instagram.
Rush Center for Excellence in Aging
Global Deterioration Scale
Well-Ahead Healthy Aging and ADRD ECHO
Montreal Cognitive Assessment
March 2026
Ethical Integration of Artificial Intelligence In Care for Older Adults, Persons with Dementia, and Caregivers
Dr. Marina Badillo-Diaz
LCSW
Featuring: Dr. Marina Badillo-Diaz, LCSW
Dr. Badillo-Diaz helps social workers, clinicians, educators, and nonprofit organizations confidently and ethically integrate artificial intelligence into practice, so they can save time, reduce burnout, and focus on what matters most: serving people and communities. She is the founder of The AI Social Worker, where she provides training, workshops, keynote speaking, and consulting for social workers, clinicians, educators, nonprofit leaders, and higher education faculty who want to understand how AI is already shaping practice and how to engage it with integrity.
What the session covered:
Artificial intelligence is rapidly influencing the future of healthcare, including dementia care and caregiver support. This session will explore how AI tools are emerging in clinical and caregiving settings, the ethical considerations that accompany them, and how interdisciplinary teams can thoughtfully integrate technology while keeping patients and families at the center of care.
Participants of the session will be able to:
• Identify current and emerging applications of AI in aging services and dementia care, including clinical documentation, predictive analytics, and caregiver support technologies.
• Analyze ethical risks associated with AI use in care for older adults — including privacy, surveillance, bias, digital inequity, and over-automation — with attention to informed consent and fluctuating cognitive capacity.
• Apply a human-centered ethical decision-making framework to determine when and how AI can appropriately support (not replace) professional judgment in interdisciplinary aging care settings.
September 2025
Geriatrics as a Social Work Specialty
Featuring a panel of Geriatric Social Workers:
Jessica Wilkinson
LCSW
Private Practitioner Specializing in Geriatrics and Dementia Care.
LAMS-GWEP Project Coordinator
Gina Rossi
LCSW-BACS, MHSA
Private Practitioner Specializing in Geriatrics and Dementia Care.
Adjunct Instructor for LSU School of Social Work
Ellen Dunn Mouton
LMSW
Alzheimer’s Services of the Capital Area Program Director
Allan Rowe
LCSW
Private Practitioner licensed in Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee and specializing in geriatrics
What the panel covered:
Should you consider Geriatrics? Is it too late to start? How can a geriatric social worker help me in my non-gero practice? The panel cover these topics and provided a series of resources.
Dementia Care Specialist Spotlight Featuring: Adria Thompson
Founder and CEO of Be Light Care, M.A., CCC-SLP
Adria is a seasoned Speech Language Pathologist with a Master’s in Communication Disorders dedicated to improving the lives of people with dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases. As a health care practitioner, faculty member and aging advocate, she teaches practical, evidence-based dementia strategies.
