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Advanced Education in Long-Term Care
3 days, 8:30 a.m. - 4:15 p.m. (24 contact hours)

Course Topics

Quality Person Directed Care: Alzheimer's & Dementia:
Resident Rights Death & Dying
Abuse, Neglect, & Exploitation Alzheimer's & Dementia
Meaning of Home Grace Video
Person Centered Care Behavior Management
  Working with Residents Who Wander - Video
  Getting Hit, Grabbed, & Threatened - Video
   
Quality Assurance and Quality Care:  Customer Service & Team Building: 
Quality of Life/Person Directed Care Respect, Dignity, Integrity, Responsibility
Aging & Nutrition and Safe Food Handling Customer Service
Regulations & Survey Process Managing Stress & Avoiding Burnout
Quality Assurance & Problem Solving Team Building
  Learning Circles
   
Focused Care: Communication & Team Building:
RAI Process/Person Directed Care Planning Effective Communication Skills
ADL Coding Exercises Assertive Communication - Video
Restorative Assertiveness Self-Test
Person Directed Activities Team Building Exercises
Pain Management Post Test, Evaluations, Graduations

Course Description

This 24-hour course offers every employee in long-term care extensive training in this growing and dynamically changing field. This course will equip employees in the aging field to understand the new cultural / organizational changes emerging which changes the institutional medical model that long-term care has been functioning under for decades to the model based on person-centered care and neighborhood concepts. Participants will emerge from this course with a significantly improved outlook on the positive components of living and working in the long-term care setting.

Participants will be trained to improve the quality of life for residents by understanding the regulations, the survey process, and how to successfully incorporate them into the new models for long-term care. Comprehensive training in understanding dementia and interventions utilized to maximize cognitive and functional capacities and diminish disruptive behaviors will be taught. The needs of the dying resident and their grieving families will also be explored.

This course implements interactive education to improve communication and conflict resolution skills and build effective teams. Healthy employee habits and skills that promote management of stress and burnout are explored.  Participants will also examine the concepts of respect, honesty, dignity, and responsibility and learn life skills that will improve their personal and professional lives.

Course Price: FREE*

* Through a grant from Kansas Department on Aging the Advanced Education in Long-Term Care course is FREE to all non-licensed employees working in Kansas skilled long-term care homes (nursing, activities, dietary, laundry, maintenance, social work, medical records, therapy, management, etc.).

* Licensed employees in Kansas (administrators, nurses, social workers, therapist) may attend for FREE if attending with 2 or more non-licensed employees from the same skilled long-term care home.

* For $10 qualified licensed long-term care employees receive 24 contact hours of continuing education.

* For participants not employed in long-term care or not qualifying under the KDOA grant the course price is $225 and includes 24 contact hours of continuing education.

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Call 913-477-8251 to register or for more information.


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