IMPORTANT!! Please check the Board Approval Information below to ensure the course is approved by your professional board and will provide the CE credits you need.
Course Description
Quality of life can be enhanced by quality care. This program has been designed to help those healthcare workers who directly care for persons with dementia, with the skills, techniques and strategies that will enable them to provide quality of care for persons with dementia on a daily basis. This course has been designed to meet the requirements of F.S. 430.5025 and Rules 58A-5.0194 and 59A-36.011. The course is approved by the Department of Elder Affairs (DOEA). ADC Trainer 10778 and Curriculum 10831. ALF Trainer 10771 and Curriculum 10830. HSP Trainer 10779 and Curriculum 10832. NH Trainer 10821 and Curriculum 10833. Renewal of this course will occur before it expires on 7/17/2028.
Purpose and Objectives
This program is offered to increase the effectiveness of care by utilizing an understanding of Alzheimer’s disease and other confusional states. At the completion of the program the participant will be able to:
- Identify common symptoms and behaviors associated with each stage.
- Utilize general problem-solving approaches to challenging behaviors.
- Utilize specific strategies and techniques for dealing with challenging behaviors.
- Identify alternatives to physical and chemical restraints.
- Utilize strategies for success with ADLs in the beginning, middle and late stages
- Help persons with ADRD participate in group and individual activities that are positive and rewarding.
- Review types and causes of stress (physical, emotional, and financial) experienced by caregivers, families, and professionals.
- Identify ways stress can be assessed or identified.
- Identify strategies to reduce stress.
- Recognize issues and concerns of family members of persons with ADRD in early, middle and late stages.
- Discuss the grief process, and how it related to the multiple, ongoing losses associated with ADRD.
- Utilize strategies for encouraging family members’ involvement with their loved one’s care.
- Utilize a philosophy of care that includes the physical environment, (indoor and outdoor), security, and safety (wandering, elements of a safe environments, help through technology).
- Recognize the importance of schedules and routines.
- Recognize staff as part of the environment.
- Discuss how ethical principles can be incorporated into approaches to care.
About the Author
Linda S. Greenfield, RN, PhD
Linda is the educational administrator, author and instructor for Consultants for the Future. She is a graduate from Iowa State University and Columbia Pacific University and was listed in Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities as a doctorial student. She has taught hundreds of seminars and authored home study courses for over thirty five years in healthcare continuing education.
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Her clinical experiences include acute and long term care, including experience as a flight nurse in the US Air Force and as an educator in a college based nursing program. Linda has a passion for life-long learning and is always on the breaking edge of the latest information in health and healing, integrating both conventional and alternative approaches. She has a knack for breaking down complex topics into easy to understand concepts with practical applications for everyday needs. Linda has been honored as a keynote speaker at several conferences and conventions, including the Spring 2005 conference of the Iowa Department of Health where she spoke about energy healing.
Board Approval Information
Consultants for the Future has been approved by the Florida Boards of Nursing, Clinical Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling, Occupational Therapy, Speech and Language Pathology and audiology (clinical), Nursing Home Administrators, and the Council of Certified Nursing Assistants, Provider No. 50-435. The course is approved by the Department of Elder Affairs (DOEA). ADC Trainer 10778 and Curriculum 10831. ALF Trainer 10771 and Curriculum 10830. HSP Trainer 10779 and Curriculum 10832. NH Trainer 10821 and Curriculum 10833. Renewal of this course will occur before it expires on 7/17/2028.
Approved by the Florida Physical Therapy Association, #CE26-139214. It is approved by the Ohio Board of Speech and Language Therapy and Audiology, Provider No. 50-435; the District of Columbia Board of Nursing, Provider No. 50-435; The Alabama board of Occupational Therapy, Provider No. 50-435; the Georgia Board of Nursing, Provider No. 50-435; the California Board of Nursing, Provider No. 04433; accepted by the Iowa Board of Nursing, and it meets the requirements of the Iowa Behavioral Science Examiners for Mental Health Counselors and Marital & Family Therapists, the Iowa Social Work Examiners and Iowa Licensed Nursing Home Administrators. The course meets the requirements of the Minnesota, Ohio, Nevada and Kentucky Boards of Nursing, and other states by reciprocity.
For those licensed in states monitored by CE Broker, we report your completion to CE Broker every morning.
Established in 1979, Consultants for the Future has become a leader in quality continuing education for healthcare professionals for over 25 years.
“My goal as a healthcare educator is to provide the highest quality, up-to-date material with complete research bibliographies, and applicable content derived from decades of experience and study. Our exams are designed to optimize retention of the material. We employ rigorous standards for academic integrity and effectiveness.”
Linda S. Greenfield, RN, PhD, Administrator, Author and Founder of Consultants for the Future
For those licensed in states monitored by CE Broker, we report your completion to CE Broker every morning.