AFTD Webinar: Care Partner Learning Series — Navigating Behavioral Variant FTD SymptomsStart time where you are: 06:00 pm UTC

Behavioral variant FTD, or bvFTD, makes up almost half of all FTD diagnoses. Behavioral symptoms can fundamentally alter one’s personality, which can be extremely distressing for the person diagnosed and challenging for care partners, family members, and friends. So, learning about and understanding these symptoms can help care partners approach behaviors and support the person with bvFTD.

In this webinar, Dr. Katya Rascovsky, associate professor in the Department of Neurology and Penn Frontotemporal Degeneration Center at University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, will provide an overview of bvFTD’s behavioral symptoms, paying particular attention to disinhibition, executive dysfunction, and a lack of insight into one’s own condition. Dr. Rascovsky will also share resources to help care partners navigate these and other bvFTD symptoms.