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Dementia Care: Activities of Daily Living
Course ID: DEME 222
Course Fee: $69
This course will provide an advanced look at personal and daily care. Techniques for activities of daily living (bathing, dressing, eating, toileting, and ambulation) will be discussed. Using an interactive approach, this course provides participants opportunities to explore how daily living activities can become meaningful and incorporated into daily schedules.
Dementia Care: Directing an Alzheimer’s Unit
Course ID: DEME 200
Course Fee: $69
This training is designed specifically for the unit manager, staff educator, and administrator. A review of Alzheimer's disease and care practices, administrative practices, educating staff, regulations, and ways to reduce deficiencies will be covered.
Dementia Care: Effective Communication
Course ID: DEME 221
Course Fee: $69
Utilizing interactive training, this course provides the learner with information on verbal, non-verbal, and written communication techniques for persons with dementia, residents' families, and co-workers. Special consideration of cultural influences, hearing and visual impairments, and documentation will be addressed.
Dementia Care: Fundamentals of Dementia Care
Course ID: DEME 150
Course Fee: $119
The Fundamentals of Dementia Care program has been designed to help all staff, but especially personal care staff, understand the basics of dementia care. Topics include an overview of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, implementing person centered care, communication strategies, understanding challenging behaviors, improving activities of daily living, and helping families.
Dementia Care: Managing Activities
Course ID: DEME 250
Course Fee: $69
This course addresses the use of activities throughout the day that are individualized for those with dementia. Tips, techniques, and examples will be used to provide a meaningful exploration of the possibilities that activities provide in allowing residents to lead the fullest life possible. Individual and group activities as well as environmental design that facilitates activities will be emphasized.
Dementia Care: Physical Health and Safety
Course ID: DEME 252
Course Fee: $69
This course explores classifications of medications and how to understand and identify adverse reactions. Nutrition and hydration are addressed as well as goal setting and identifying strategies for caregiving when changes in eating behaviors occur. Effective care planning to include preventative measures for falls and wounds will be addressed.
Dementia Care: Problem Solving Challenging Behaviors
Course ID: DEME 220
Course Fee: $69
The challenges of behaviors of agitation, both aggressive and non-aggressive, are explained. Potential solutions and techniques are presented, with specific emphasis on topics such as combativeness, incontinence, sexuality, and wandering. Culturally sensitive approaches and working with the family are also examined.
Strategies for Better Care Environments
Course ID: DEME 230
Course Fee: $69
The potential of the physical environment, both internal and external, to play an active role in shaping and supporting independence, stimulation, and quality of life for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias will be explored in this course. Special emphasis will be placed on principles behind design and the importance of utilizing the environment as a therapeutic tool.
Dementia Care: Understanding Dementia
Course ID: DEME 110
Course Fee: $69
This course is designed for health care professionals that are either new to the health care industry or who are unfamiliar with dementia and Alzheimer's disease. Understanding dementia begins with an overview of dementia and the specific diseases that may cause dementia. The diagnostic process, dual diagnosis, and progression of Alzheimer's disease will be covered. Medications and non-pharmalogical forms of treatment will also be addressed.