Reading Assignment 25: Teepa Snow's GEMS model
Teepa Snow, an expert on dementia, uses what she has termed the "GEMS" model to describe the changes in the brain that happen over the course of a person's life with dementia. Explore this model on her website. Watch the video "Teepa's Thoughts on How the GEMS Brain Change Model Has Progressed Since the Original Video" (9:49) and scroll down to see and read about the GEMS states.
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