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Identifying, Understanding & Managing Difficult Behaviors
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Identifying, Understanding & Managing Difficult Behaviors
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Approvals: NAB, RCFE, ARF, BBS, RN, OR, KDHE, more.See full description for details. |
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$86.95
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Designed as an overview of various Dementias, Alzheimer's Disease and other Memory Impairments
Your
instructor for this course is David Hahklotubbe, MA. Master of Arts degree
in Gerontology, Long Term Care Administration from San Francisco State
University. David has been an administrator in many large facilities (80+
beds) with special units for those afflicted with dementia. David is the
co-owner/ co-administrator of Choctaw House, a 6-bed RCFE specializing
in memory impairment, located in Napa, California. In addition, David
is currently the host of a television show on elder care called "Successful
Aging Today". Hahk
Training & Consulting |
| Course
Outline |
Course Objectives |
This cover covers:
- Myths, Fallacies and reasons why you NEED this course
- Modifiable behaviors common to those suffering memory impairment
- Dementia – What is it?
- The Importance of an accurate diagnosis
- Delirium, Depression and Dementia
- Economic and Social Impact
- The 3 Stages of Dementia
- Portions of the brain affected by Dementia
- Walking a mile in the moccasins of a person with dementia
- Communication with those afflicted
- Covering Your Assets
- Understanding ABCs of behavior modification
- Case Studies applying ABC concept
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- To identify various Dementias, Alzheimer's Disease and other Memory Impairments
- To understand the most recurring difficult behaviors to manage in persons suffering from these impairments
- An intervention which treats the difficult behavior as a system rather than as a random occurrence
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| Course Approvals |
- NAB: This educational offering has been reviewed by the National Continuing Education Review Service (NCERS) of the National Association of Boards of Examiners of Long Term Care Administrators (NAB) and approved for 7 clock hours.
- California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS): PCE # 3291
- California RCFE and ARF: Approval pursuant to NAB and BBS approval
- Oregon Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators: 2007-040: General 7 Ethics:0
- Kansas Department of Health and Environment: Approval #: LTS -A1138 (Resident Care)
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