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Sherrie All – Alzheimer’s Disease & Other Dementias Certificate Program
This program recording is vital for anyone who works with dementia patients and needs skills and proven strategies to provide optimal care!
Dr. Sherrie All She will provide you with the assessment tools, interventions, and training you need to help you identify and differentiate dementias, prevent and decrease difficult behaviors, and improve communication with cognitively impaired patients.
More than just an overview of dementia and Alzheimer’s, this program will offer practical solutions to some of the most challenging real-You will be able to discuss the most pressing issues in your life and provide you with information about the latest treatments, preventative measures, and advances in early detection. This could have an impact on your work.
Best of all, you’ll get your Certificate in Alzheimer’s Disease & Other Dementias letting colleagues, employers, and families know that you’ve invested the extra time and effort necessary to understand the complexities of the disease, build essential skills, and employ safe and effective best practices to provide quality care.
No matter your profession, you’ll leave this comprehensive recording more confident in your ability to minimize challenging behavioral issues associated with dementia, improve communication with your patients, and provide the best care possible for this vulnerable population!
- Communicate how each type of dementia manifests in identification and prognosis.
- Give a summary of 2 assessment tools that can help you screen for cognitive difficulties.
- Please specify how you will not use it.-Professionals can use verbal communication skills to help identify the meaning behind gestures when working alongside patients with dementia.
- Describe how strategies to redirect wandering and manage paranoia can improve patient safety.
- Consider how the most recent medications, preventative treatments and advances in early detection may impact care of people living with dementia.
- Examine end-of-life issues and elder abuse, and examine how the ethics of dying affect the clinician, client, or their family.
Manifestations of each type of dementia and prognosis
- Cognitive decline vs. normal aging
- Mild Neuro-Cognitive Disorder
- Prognosis and manifestations for:
- Alzheimer’s
- Vasular Dementia
- Lewy Body Dementia
- Frontotemporal Dementia
- Parkinson’s
- Different stages of dementia
- Psuedo-Dementias and reversible conditions
Cognitive Assessment Tools and Advances in Early-Detection
- MOCA and SLUMS
- Step-By-step utilization
- What they tell you and what they don’t
- Brain imaging
- Biomarkers research
- Genetic risk profiling
- When to refer for formal neuropsychological assessment
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Behavioral Interventions Toolbox The Causes and Solutions of Challenging Behaviors
- Identifying triggers that can lead to challenging behavior
- Assess for pain in dementia sufferers
- What is the best way to sundown?
- Techniques to reduce aggression and combativeness
- Strategies to redirect wandering
- Paranoia: Causes and Management
- Effective ways to deal with hallucinations or delusions
- Strategies to reduce repetitive behavior
- How to improve your personal care and daily activities
Communication Strategies to Improve Healthcare
- Non-successful-verbal communication – find meaning behind gestures
- Avoid arguments by following these best practices
- Questions to ask and how to ask them
- Innovative communication tools
Psychopharmacology & Nutrition The most recent Medications & Preventative Treatments
- Approved medications to treat cognitive and behavioral problems
- Nutritive interventions for Alzheimer’s prevention
- Disease Modifying medication
Ethical Issues in Dementia
- End of life issues
- Reporting abuse (physically, sexually, or financial)
- Multicultural considerations
Course Features
- Lectures 0
- Quizzes 0
- Duration Lifetime access
- Skill level All levels
- Students 0
- Assessments Yes