Communicating with Individuals Living with Alzheimer’s and Dementia
This course provides important information about the communication needs of clients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) or other dementias.
This course provides important information about the communication needs of clients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) or other dementias.
This course provides important information about the safety needs of clients with Alzheimer's disease or other dementias.
Through online lessons, recipe videos and a knowledge check, caregivers will learn best practices for meeting an elder's nutritional needs, safe consumption of food and beverages, maintaining independence while dining—including food preferences and meeting expectations—and identifying and correcting sources of difficult behaviors during mealtime.
This course defines wandering and elopement and describes risk factors of elopement. Technology is discussed in how it can help prevent elopement or help in recovery after an elopement. Prevention techniques and the importance of elopement protocols are covered.
All About Alzheimer’s and Dementia is approved and recognized by the Alzheimer’s Association for successfully incorporating the evidence-based Dementia Care Practice Recommendations in Alzheimer’s and dementia, person-centered care, assessment and care planning, activities of daily living, and behaviors and communication.
This course reinforces that appropriate activity positively impacts the behaviors associated with Alzheimer's disease.