Memory Care: The Basics

• Understanding Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia
• Defining Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia
• What Causes Alzheimer's Disease?
• Diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease
• Treatments for Alzheimer's Disease
• Experiences of the person with dementia
• Progression of the Disease
• Understanding the Basic Principles of Communication
• Basic Communication Skills
• Understanding Non-Verbal Communication
• Using Other Forms of Communication
• Understanding the Person with Dementia
• Daily Care Skills
  

Part 1: Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease & Dementia

• The different terms for memory loss and what they all mean
• Causes of memory loss
• How you can be sure of a diagnosis
• What can be done to help someone with memory loss
• What someone with dementia might experience
• How to understand and explain the progress of a disease like Alzheimer’s Disease.

Part 2: Daily Care Skills

• Why daily care tasks are so challenging for people with dementia
• How to take the fear and difficulty out of these once-simple daily skills
• How to help the person with dementia stay as independent as possible for as long as possible
• How to get a person to bathe or do another seemingly impossible task, and keep your cool
• How to problem-solve challenges in daily care on your own in the future.

Part 3: Communication

• How important non-verbal communication is to the person with dementia
• Basic principals of communication which can make everyone’s life easier
• Special ways to communicate caring and affection to people who don’t seen to understand anything anymore
• How body language communicates, whether you know it or not
• Self-awareness to improve all aspects of communication

• 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 6 clock hours.
• California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS): PCE # 3291
• California RCFE and ARF: Approval pursuant to NAB and BBS approval
• California Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians (LVN):#V-10621
• Oregon Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators: 2007-040: General 6 Ethics:0
• Michigan Department of Human Services: Approved for Adult Foster Care Administrators pursuant to Rules 400.14203 and 400.15203
• Kansas Department of Health and Environment: Approval #: LTS -A1138