The 2026 Midwest Dementia Summit coming October 6 - 8
The ALZNI Dementia Summit
Relive the 2024 Midwest Dementia Summit
Resources, insights, and moments from an unforgettable event.


Special thanks to the sponsors for their support!





2024 Midwest Dementia Summit
A Gathering of Innovation, Education, & Community
The 2024 Midwest Dementia Summit brought together over 300 caregivers, professionals, and thought leaders to explore groundbreaking advancements in dementia care. Over the course of the event, attendees participated in 26 expert-led presentations, networked with peers, and discovered practical tools to enhance their caregiving journey.
From keynote sessions on innovations in dementia treatment to interactive workshops tailored for caregivers, the summit provided a rich platform for learning and collaboration. Beyond the sessions, attendees enjoyed meaningful connections through networking luncheons and a vibrant exhibit hall featuring leading organizations in dementia care.
This year’s event wouldn’t have been possible without the support of our sponsors, including our title sponsor, Beacon Health System.
Speakers & Presentations
Dive Deeper into the 2024 Midwest Dementia Summit Insights
Missed a session or want to revisit the valuable insights shared during the summit? We’ve got you covered! Below, you’ll find an organized library of presentations from our expert speakers, designed to provide caregivers and professionals with actionable tools and knowledge to improve dementia care.
Each presentation is linked for easy access—click to download and explore topics ranging from innovative therapies to practical caregiving strategies.

Malaz Boustani, M.D., MPH
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Eloy van Hal
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Malaz Boustani, M.D., MPH
Dr. Boustani is a geriatrician, a neuroscientist, a serial entrepreneur and an agile scientist with extensive experience in designing, evaluating, implementing, and disseminating healthcare innovations with a main focus on brain health.
Dr. Boustani is a geriatrician, a neuroscientist, a serial entrepreneur, and an agile scientist with extensive experience in designing, evaluating, implementing, and disseminating healthcare innovations with a main focus on brain health. Over the past decade, Dr. Boustani has built a clinical laboratory of more than 2,000 ambulatory practices serving at least 10 million lives within five Midwestern States (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Kentucky). He used the above clinical laboratory to lead the execution of numerous clinical research studies funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services totaling more than $100 million. He has more than 200 peer-reviewed publications and just published two books about Agile Implementation and Agile Network. In order to increase the societal impact of his discoveries and innovation, he founded four Information technology companies including Preferred Population Health, RestUp, Blue Agilis, and DigiCare Realized.
Dr. Boustani used insight from Agile Science to develop the Indiana University Graduate Certificate in Innovation and Implementation Science. This one-year certificate is designed to coach and mentor a tightly linked network of change agents imbedded within their local healthcare systems. These change agents have an Agile Mindset and use agile innovation, agile implementation, and agile diffusion processes to transform their healthcare delivery organizations into agile organizations.



Eloy van Hal
Eloy van Hal is one of the founders of The Hogeweyk, Dementia Village, and senior managing advisor in the Be The Care Concept Advisory team of the Vivium Care group. Eloy has over 20 years of experience in managing care and more than 10 years in providing strategic and operational advisory services to clients in the public and private sectors.
Eloy van Hal (1967) is one the founders of the Hogeweyk and senior managing advisor in the Be Advice Advisory team.
Since 2002 he represents Be Advice/ Vivium Zorggroep. Many highly regarded international media widely reported on the Hogeweyk and his work e.g. Times, Times Magazine, CNN, CBS, ARD, Die Zeit, BBC, The Guardian, The Economist, Le Figaro.
Eloy and his team use the Be Advice Paradigm© to create unique communities for people, whether they are living with dementia or not. Examples of projects inspired and guided by the Be Advice Paradigm© you will find in The Netherlands, France, Norway, Italy, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and USA. The Be Advice team started a movement with a different way of thinking and acting.
Consumer behavior has fascinated Eloy from an early age. Asking questions such as “What would you want when you get older? How would you want to live? Who is happy living in an institution, and who isn’t?” Talking about the older adults as consumers.
The multidisciplinary master’s in Consumer Sciences at Wageningen University & Research with a focus on management, economics, and sociology was a logical addition to his study Facility Management. For years, he has been working with this experience and a lot of dedication to improving the living environment and care for older consumers with and without dementia. He creates a tangible and visible level of quality and joie de vivre as a choice, in addition to good care and support. Disrupting traditional care models.
Each presentation is linked for easy access—click to download and explore topics ranging from innovative therapies to practical caregiving strategies.

The Role of Dementia Care Management
Marc Rothman, MD, CMD
Co-Founder & CEO, Lizzy Care Founder, Dementia Spring Foundation
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Indiana’s Dementia Strategic Plan
Shannon Effler, MSW
Indiana’s Dementia Strategic Plan Coordinator Director of Geriatric Programs, Indiana University Associate Director of imAGE
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The Thriving Caregiver: Innovative Approaches to Transform Dementia Care from the Inside Out
Lizette Cloete OTR/L CADDCT, CDP
Skills2Care Cert.
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A Surveyor’s Perspective: Dementia Care in the Long-Term Care Setting
Brenda Buroker
Director of Long-Term Care
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Family Caregiver Programs: There Is So Much More That We Can Do
Tina McIntosh
Founder, Joy’s House
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Voices from the 2024 Midwest Dementia Summit
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