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Dementia Training - June 3, 2010
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2010-06-03 08:00 AM
2010-06-03 05:00 PM
2010-06-03 from 08:00 am to 05:00 pm |
| Where | Chester County Economic Development Council |
| Contact Name | Patti VanCleave |
| Contact Email | pvancleave@cceconomicdevelopment.com |
| Contact Phone | 610-458-5700 x212 |
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NCCDP Alzheimers & Dementia Care Seminar
Course Goals & Objectives
Goals are:
- To provide fundamental education on dementia and dementia care.
- To enhance the quality of life of dementia patients through educating care providers.
- Foster sensitivity & respect for the dementia client.
- To teach communication techniques.
- To provide sensitive approaches for assisting patients with activities of daily living.
Participants will:
- Have an understanding of dementia.
- Identify common causes of aggressive, repetitive and sundowning behaviors in older adults.
- Describe behavioral/care interventions that may be used to prevent, reduce or eliminate difficult care situations.
- Describe challenges related to caregiver stress and utilize stress reduction techniques.
- Learn alternative activity interventions that are success oriented and failure free.
- Receive certificate of attendance in seminar.
Who should attend: Nurses, CNA's, Social Workers, Activity Professionals, Geriatric Case Managers, Licensed Nursing Home Administrators, Certified Assisted Living Administrators, Pastoral Care Staff, Dietary Personnel, and all other long term care staff and care givers.