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"teaching is a powerful tool with the capacity to shape and change individuals, policies and society." ENDOWMENT FUND HELPS BAYCREST SHARE KNOWLEDGE WITH THE WORLD Estelle Klasner-Nimni was once quoted as saying that With a Ph.D in speech and hearing sciences, Dr. Klasner-Nimni dedi- cated her life to neurogenic disorders, research and improvement of caregiver and patient education. Her work with the Huntington Society of Canada as well as Multiple Sclerosis Societies of Canada and the U.S. helped many families and she often worked in consultation with associates at Baycrest. In her memory, her family donated $10,000 to establish the Estelle Klasner-Nimni Endowment Fund in support of speech-language pathology at Baycrest. Baycrest's telehealth program reaches across the world. On December 14, 2011, the first Estelle Klasner-Nimni Memorial Lecture was held via videoconference to discuss diagnosing primary progressive aphasia and its variants. Those attending the videoconference linked in from 36 different sites across Ontario, and 11 international sites including Russia, Israel and Spain. Participants included speech-language pathologists, neurologists, psychologists and psychiatrists, other allied health professionals and nurses. Organized by Baycrest staff members Lisa Sokoloff, professional practice chief, Speech-Language Pathology and Tim Patterson, Telehealth coordinator, with the Klasner & Nimni families, the video- conference honoured Klasner-Nimni's commitment to her profession by providing a cutting-edge and timely forum for interprofessional collaboration around the world. HONOURING EXCELLENCE The American Medical Directors Association has selected Dr. Paul Katz as this year's recipient of the annual James Pattee Excellence in Education Award. Dr. Katz is vice-president of Medical Services and chief of staff at Baycrest. The award recognizes his work in advancing education specific to long-term care physician practice. Dr. Sid Feldman, executive medical director of the Residential and Aging at Home Program, and chief of Family and Community Medicine at Baycrest, received the 2011-2012 Peters-Boyle Academy Teaching Award for Teach- ing in Clerkship. Dr. Feldman is an assistant professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto. WATCH 2011/12 Baycrest and Baycrest Foundation Annual Report 25 BOOKS BY BAYCREST AUTHORS LIVING WITH MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT One in 10 adults has some form of mild cogni- tive impairment, or MCI. A new guide due out this summer, titled Living With Mild Cognitive Impairment, gives advice on how to maximize brain health and reduce the risk of developing dementia. The authors are Baycrest neuropsy- chologists Drs. Nicole Anderson, Kelly Murphy and Angela Troyer. LATE-STAGE DEMENTIA Geriatrician Michael Gordon has published the guidebook, Late-Stage Dementia: Promoting Comfort, Compassion and Care, to help families and health-care professionals provide the most comforting care possible to ailing seniors in the late stages of dementia when prognosis for life is limited. Dr. Gordon is a medical profes- sor, ethicist and medical director of Baycrest's Palliative Care Unit.

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