After completing this course you will
understand:
- Causes, diagnosis and progress of Alzheimer's Disease
- What someone with dementia might experience
- How to use more emotional language and non-verbal communication
- Self-awareness to improve communication
- How to help the person with dementia stay as independent as possible,
for as long as possible
- How to problem-solve challenges in daily care
- How to modify the environment in simple ways
- How behavior is changed by environment
- Why activities are important and how to incorporate them into daily
living tasks
- The purpose of care plans and appraisals and crucial time points
to do them
- How to develop an easy step-by-step care plan
- How to develop an intervention blueprint
- Steps to take to problem-solve challenging behavior
- How your own behavior can make a situation worse, or can quickly
calm an agitated person and priority-setting principles to guide your
behavior
- Steps to take after an incident to avoid another incident
- What the five stages of grieving families experience
- How working cooperatively with families can make your job easier
- How to help family members cope and develop a partnership with family
members
This course includes 4 Courses:
- Memory Care: Setting the Stage
- Memory Care: The Basics
- Memory Care: Vital Tools
- Death & Dying: Compassion & Ethics
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