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August 10-11, 2006
Sioux City Convention Center
There’s no doubt about it! Today’s
competitive long-term care environment demands quality care, and
the key to providing that care is a well-trained and motivated
staff.
But building that staff isn’t easy.
That’s why health care organizations are turning to the
Dementia Care Learning Institute (DCLI). They know they can count
on the Institute to provide the knowledge and skills their employees
need to build a reputation for quality care and improve family
satisfaction.
Choose from any
of the following program offerings
Dementia
Care Specialist
Beyond
the Basics: Advanced Training
Other in-service topics
The ABC's
of Alzheimer's
Everything
You Needed to Know about Pick's Disease
Communication:
The Key to Success
A Night on
the Town: Overcoming Challenges with ADLs
Challenging
Behaviors
Activities
from A to Z
Intimacy
and Dementia: The Whole Story
From the Institute
Tips for
Professional Caregivers
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Dementia Care Specialist (DCS) Training
(6 hours)
An updated version of the Basic 6 Hour education
program, with a unique twist! The training addresses:
- Alzheimer's and other dementias vs. "normal"
aging
- On-the-job stress reduction and other caregiving
issues
- Family caregiving issues
- Creative interventions for behavior management
and modification
- Effective and proven communication strategies
- Simple and successful activities for individuals
with Alzheimer's
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Beyond the Basics: Advanced Training
(4-6 hours)
Intended for multi-disciplinary audiences,
this education training is recommended for staff who have completed
the DCS Training and are currently working in the long-term
care environment. Classroom learning centers around role-play,
lecture, and multi-media.
Topics center around the following issues:
- Current information on research regarding
the causes and progression of dementia
- Available treatment options
- Spontaneous therapeutic activities
- Assessment and monitoring of pain
- Strategize for techniques to increase nutritional
intake
- Identification and implementation of behavior
modification techniques
- Establish benchmarks for care planning,
including all aspects of dementia care
- State-of-the art caregiver interventions
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Topics
If you and your staff are not able to participate
in the aforementioned established education programs, please
feel free to choose from one of the following topics for your
monthly in-services:
The ABC's of Alzheimer's Disease
(2 hours)
The purpose is to improve cognitive understanding
of Alzheimer's disease and empathy for persons who have the
disease. It presents common causes of dementia, other causes
of minor forgetfulness and reversible-like symptoms, basic components
of the brain and the effects of Alzheimer's disease.
Everything You Needed to Know about
Pick's Disease
(1 hour)
The purpose of this in-service is to educate
participants on the signs and symptoms of Pick's disease, a
rare form of dementia, and builds on the understanding of the
disease. It also defines communication, challenging behaviors,
and other related issues that a person with Pick's disease experiences
as the disease progresses.
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Communication: The Key to Success
(1 hour)
This in-service focuses on improving one's
ability to communicate with individuals who have Alzheimer's
disease, and builds on the understanding of the disease. It
defines communication, the process of communication, state specific
effects of Alzheimer's disease on communication, and the verbal
and nonverbal forms of communicating.
A Night on the
Town: Overcoming Challenges with ADL's
(1 hour)
The purpose of this in-service is to improve
effectiveness when assisting individuals who have Alzheimer's
disease with personal care activities of daily living. Topics
covered include guidelines and techniques for assisting with
toiling, bathing, dressing, sleeping, eating, et cetera.
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Challenging Behaviors
(1 hour)
This in-service is designed to improve one's
ability to interpret and cope with problematic behaviors of
people with Alzheimer's disease. The in-service provides general
guidelines for dealing with a variety of behaviors and then
focuses on specific problem behaviors.
Activities from A to Z
(1 hour)
The purpose of this in-service is to
enable staff to select and supervise recreational activities
more effectively, as well as to encourage participation. Proven
techniques and tools that activity directors and certified nursing
assistants can implement to maximize the level of participation
and enjoyment of people with dementia.
Intimacy and Dementia: The Whole
Story
(1 hour)
This in-service is to assist staff in understanding
the anxiety and concern about sexuality can intensify in someone
with dementia. The main concern of nursing staff should lie
in understanding the individual's ability to 'consent' or make
judgments regarding sexual behavior. This in-service will provide
staff with general guidelines for appropriate responses to exhibited
sexual behavior.
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| From the
Institute
Tips for Professional Caregivers
Tipsheets are available in .PDF (Adobe Acrobat)
format.
To access, click on the links below with your
RIGHT mouse button. (If your browser is properly equipped, you
can use the LEFT button and open up PDF files in the browser
itself, but we can't guarantee that this is the case.)
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If you don't have Adobe
Acrobat Reader, you won't be able to access the tipsheets
in PDF format. Go here
or use the button at right to find out more and download Acrobat
Reader.
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1. Falls
- Safety in Long Term Care Settings
2. Recognizing
Pain in the Person with Dementia
3. Apathy
and Alzheimer's
4. Coping
Tips for Caregivers
5. Sleep
Disturbances
6. Guidelines
to Consider when Planning Activities
7. Combativeness
8. Unraveling
Challenging Behaviors
9. Therapeutic
Communication Techniques
10. The
Dining Experience
11. Bathing
12. Dressing
and Grooming
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