Aromatherapy

Your instructor for this course is Benjamin Pearce, he is the author of Management Curriculum, Assisted Living Training System. Accounting Systems and Risk Management for Assisted Living published by Assisted Living University Press, 1998, and a book entitled Senior Living Communities: Operations Management and Marketing for Assisted Living, Congregate, and Continuing-Care Retirement Communities, a definitive work which summarizes two decades of senior housing operational expertise encompassing over 100 communities in 23 states, currently in its second printing published by The Johns Hopkins University Press. Mr. Pearce teaches graduate level classes on senior housing and is a faculty member of the Real Estate Institute at New York University and Johns Hopkins University. He also serves on the editorial advisory boards of Resident Life/Assisted Living Success magazine, Briefings on Assisted Living, and Assisted Living Executive Report. He is also the President and Chief Executive Officer of Potomac Homes, the residential alternative to institutional care for Alzheimer's disease and related dementia enabling residents to enjoy the benefits of full-time, professional care in a familiar home setting.

• AROMATHERAPY
• Essential Oils
• Essential Oils – Ancient medicine
• Primary Functional Groups
• Quality is Important
• European Quality Standards
• Extracting Essential Oils
• Essential Oil Sources
• Aromatherapy – Using essential oils
• Aromatherapy – How it works
• Oils for Assisted Living
• Lavender Studies
• Aromatherapy – How Absorbed
• Dilutions in Water
• Essential Oil Massage
• Topical applications
• Safety Guidelines for Aromatherapy

In this course you will learn:

• How essential oils can be used to benefit you and your clients’ physical, spiritual and psychological well-being
• How aromatherapy increases sensory stimulation, and encourages self esteem
• How aromatherapy can assist with positive associations with touch, remote memory, and ADL’s
• Different types of oils and their benefits
• Different ways essential oils can be absorbed or applied

• 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 2 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 2 Ethics:0
• Kansas Department of Health and Environment: Approval #: LTS -A1138