Program Details

Presented by:

JAMES J. CREMINS, PhD

JAMES J. CREMINS, PhD,   received his undergraduate, Masters, and Doctoral degrees from the University of Connecticut and was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Harvard Medical School. He is currently a licensed psychologist specializing in geriatric services at the Professional Counseling Center in New Bedford, Massachusetts. His prior experience includes work as a psychologist at Arbour Counseling Services Outpatient Clinic and Olympus Healthcare Center, both of Fall River, Massachusetts. Dr. Cremins was also a Program Director for the Brain Injury program at the Community Medical Center in Missoula, Montana; Associate Professor at Boston College; Adjunct Professor at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida; and Program Director of the Brain Injury, Chronic Pain, and Psychological Services unit at Mediplex Rehab in Bradenton, Florida. His professional publications include: The Brain, the Perfect Machine; Brain Injury: The Silent Epidemic; Medication Use Among the Elderly - Is It a Problem? and Taxonomic Categories and Proactive Interference in Short Term Memory. Dr. Cremins has given numerous presentations around the country on the following topics: Introduction to Alzheimer’s Dementia; Drugs and the Elderly; Dealing with Behavior Changes in Your Patients; Drug Treatment and Dementia; and Behavior Management and Dementia.

• Case Managers

• Long-term Care Consultants

• Activity Directors

• Nursing Home Administrators

• Speech Language Pathologists