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
In addition to individual board approval for continuing education, this course was designed to meet the specific requirements pursuant to Florida Statute s.400.4785(1)(a) and (b) for direct care of those with Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders. This course has been approved by the Department of Elder Affairs (DOEA) to meet the mandatory requirement for Home Health Agencies. Our training provider number is HH 8. The curriculum approval number is HH 11761. The curriculum is re-approved by the DOEA every 3 years. The next renewal date is 08/11/2028.
Purpose and Objectives
This course emphasizes understanding and approaches to use when caring for the client with impaired cognition providing specific suggestions that are appropriate for each state of dementia. At the completion of the course, the participant will be able to:
- Define dementia.
- Define Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and ADRD.
- Compare the function of the normal brain to how Alzheimer’s disease affects the brain.
- Explain how ADRD differs from normal aging.
- Identify other conditions that may result in symptoms that mimic ADRD.
- Discuss what is currently known about possible causes of ADRD.
- Understand how ADRD affects communication skills.
- Identify strategies and guidelines for verbal communication.
- Identify strategies for nonverbal communication and responding to clients who are non communicative or non-responsive.
- Identify symptoms and behaviors associated with each stage.
- Utilize general problem-solving approach to challenging behaviors.
- Utilize specific strategies and techniques for dealing with challenging behaviors.
- Utilize alternatives to physical and chemical restraints.
- Recognize general strategies for success in the beginning, middle, and late stages.
- Consider examples illustrating success for dressing, grooming, eating, bathing, or toileting and incontinence.
- Recognize issues and concerns of family members of persons with ADRD in early, middle, and late stages.
- Understand and recognize the grief process and how it relates to the multiple, ongoing losses associated with ADRD
- Introduce strategies for encouraging family members’ involvement with their loved one’s 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, Massage Therapy, Respiratory Therapy, 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 has been approved by the Florida Physical Therapy Association #CE26-91509. Accreditation of this course does not necessarily imply the FPTA supports the views of the presenter or the sponsors. The course is accepted by complementary board approval by the Florida Board of Dietetics and Nutrition. Our DOEA training Provider No. is HH8. The curriculum approval number is HH 11761. This course is due to be renewed by the DOEA on 08/11/2028. It is also approved by the Ohio Board of Speech and Language Therapy and Audiology (clinical), 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); accepted by the Iowa Boards of Nursing, and meets the requirements of the Iowa Behavioral Science Examiners for Mental Health Counselors and Marital & Family Therapists, and the Iowa Social Work Examiners and the Board of Nursing Home Administrators of Iowa. The course meets the requirements of the Minnesota, Ohio, Nevada, Alabama, 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.