Train Your Staff: Free CEU Dementia Care Modules
Each course offers 1 CEU:  NHAP. RCFE

Dementia Care: Quarterly 3 Topic Series for Professionals – Saturday Training

Attend one of our 3 Saturday training classes for professionals in the field of dementia care. They focus on Communication and Connection with Individuals who have Alzheimer’s, managing Dementia-Related Behaviors, and Activities to Enhance Dementia Care.

No Cost to Attend**

  • February 3, 2018
  • May 5, 2018
  • August 4, 2018
  • November 3, 2018

Three 1 -Hour Quality Training Modules for Professionals, attend one or all three:

  1. Communicating and Connecting With Individuals Who Have Dementia (1 CEU) 9:00 a.m. – 10:00a.m.
  • Discover how Alzheimer’s disease and dementia can change the abilities and methods of communicating
  • Identify practical techniques for effective communication with individuals who have dementia
  • Learn methods that can reduce and even prevent challenging behaviors associated with dementia
  1. Managing Dementia-Related Behaviors (1 CEU) 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
  • Recognize how dementia-related brain changes affect an individual’s behavior
  • Identify common triggers for behaviors associated with dementia
  • Learn how a person-centered approach coupled with contented involvement can be used to intervene with dementia-related behaviors
  1. Activities That Enhance Dementia Care (1 CEU) 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
  • Discover how one-on-one and group activities improve the quality of life for individuals with dementia
  • Identify methods for applying a person-centered approach to activity planning
  • Discuss the benefits of using the ‘best friends’ approach when implementing various activities
  • Discover how individuals achieve contented involvement as they progress through the stages of dementia when activities are ‘right-sized’

Each course offers 1 CEU:  NHAP. RCFE

Alzheimer’s Orange County

2515 McCabe Way, Irvine, CA 92614

This series can also be facilitated at your location – for information regarding fees and scheduling please contact Kari Walker, Education Director, 949.955.9000, kari.walker@alzoc.org