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Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Care (ADDC) Seminar - Pathway to becoming a Certified Dementia Practitioner (CDP), through National Council of Dementia Care Practitioners (NCCDP)
All caregivers of persons with dementia should have basic knowledge of the dementia processes, including how to support and best care for the person with Dementia. The Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Care (ADDC) Seminar will provide the basic knowledge required to achieve just that.
This 8-hour course is required to apply to become a Certified Dementia Practitioner (CDP) certification through the National Council for Certified Dementia Practitioners (NCCDP). To qualify, you must be a geriatric healthcare worker with at least a year of experience. To see if you qualify, contact the NCCDP website -CDP certification page at Certified Dementia Practitioner®️ CDP®️ Certification - NCCDP
Anyone can take this course to improve their knowledge of the Dementia process and care of persons with Dementia without needing to be certified as CDP. However, it is recommended for any formal or informal caregiver of a person with dementia.
The course/seminar is a one-day, 8-hour event. Continuing education credit is available for nurses and some other disciplines. Please call to confirm that your state approves it for CEUs. You will be provided a code for a digital handbook that contains comprehensive information about the course content for use in class and reference later. You will also receive a certificate of completion reflecting time spent on the live training, date, instructor number, and course name. This can be used to request CEU approval from the associated governing body.
Areas covered in the course Include
- Overview, diagnosis, prognosis, assessment tools, medications
- Communication and feelings
- Depression and repetitive behaviors
- Wandering, hoarding
- Aging, intimacy, and staff concerns in-home care and long-term care setting
- Aggressive behaviors and catastrophic reactions
- Culture diversity
- Environment
- Pain, Nutrition
- Bathing, Toileting, Dressing, Falls (information provided in student handout notebook)
- Staff and family support
- Spirituality
- Death and dying
- Activities
- Recognizing elder abuse
Consultation for Fall Prevention in the Home of the Older adult. This includes recommendations for home modifications and other interventions /education on fall prevention.
More than 50% of all falls among older adults 65, and older occur in their homes. Falls are the leading cause of injurious death among this population, and about two-thirds of those who fall will fall again within six months. Falls among older adults result in loss of independence and fear of falling. This fear results in hesitation to leave the house, isolation, and depression.
There are many risk factors for falls, including intrinsic and extrinsic. Intrinsic factors include visual impairments, balance, age-related causes, etc.. while extrinsic, include medication, environmental hazards, unsafe footwear use. etc. Home modification is an intervention to address extrinsic or environmental risk factors for falls. Occupational therapists are subject matter experts in home modifications to prevent falls in the home. Studies showed that when performed by an occupational therapist, home modifications effectively reduces the risks of falls among the older population.
Our services include a comprehensive consultation to help identify fall hazards in the home, identify needed minor modifications in the homes of older adults who are at risk for falls, wants to be proactive to prevent falling, or have fallen in their homes, and recommend interventions to keep the older adult from falling again. We also make fall prevention recommendations for senior residential facilities like Assisted Living Facilities (ALF) and Skilled Nursing Facilities (Shttps://websitehttps://websites.godaddy.com/online-appointmentss.godaddy.com/online-appointmenthttps://websites.godaddy.com/online-appointmentssNF).
Live Online Class on Fall Prevention with Emphasis on Guiding the Safe Footwear Selection to Prevent Footwear-Related Falls in Older Adults. (Comes with free guide brochure).
The use of inappropriate footwear has been shown to contribute to falls among older adults. Using inappropriate footwear is a common practice among the older adult population.
Occupational therapists witnessed firsthand how poor footwear choices among this population contributed to their falls. Most older adults not aware of the features of appropriate footwear and many of them have made this unawareness known.
Studies show that many health care workers and caregivers of older adults are also unaware of the features of the appropriate footwear. Therefore they cannot educate their older patient on footwear choices to decrease the risk of falls.
This 1/2-hour class will train healthcare professionals and caregivers of older adults on fall prevention, focusing on using appropriate footwear to decrease the risk of falls among the older population.