Objectives:
1. Identify the different types of changes in brain structure during the progression of dementia
2. Describe changes in sensory processing, memory, and language during dementia progression
3. Discriminate between typical and atypical processes of cognitive aging, including possible early warning signs of dementia
1. Describe factors to maintain mental and physical health including nutrition, physical activity, and cognitive activities
2. Identify the importance of maintaining productivity and activities that provide value after a dementia diagnosis
3. Discuss the value of using previous interests and activities to sustain abilitiies by modifying and creating new activity opportunities for the person who is learning to live with dementia
1. Discuss the importance of knowing the person living with dementia and the care partner in effectively planning and creating days that work well and schedules that meet both people's needs and preferences
2. Identify and compare strategies for stress identification for both the person with dementia and their care providers
3. Describe ways to help partners develop daily programs and routines that are beneficial and meet both partners' needs on a regular basis
1. Identify the key components in the phgysical environment for someone living with dementia
2. Recognize the importance of the social environment in care outcomes for someone living with dementia
3. Describe supportive aspects of the physical environment througout the disease process, including ways to reduce fall risks
What questions have arisen in your practice for which you need answers/strategies that you can implement?
Are you interested in basic, intermediate or advanced level trainings?
What barriers might you have that would interfere with implementation of new information learned from this training?
How can this training (the overall meeting) be improved to better impact competence, performance and/or patient/client outcomes?
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