Course Objectives

• Ensure staff provide resident-centered care based on thorough knowledge of each person’s abilities and needs.
• To help staff act as “care partners” to help people achieve optimal functioning and improved quality of life.
• To use a flexible, problem-solving approach to care designed to prevent problems before they occur.

Course Description

This course is a brief overview of challenges that people who have dementia face every day.  Explaining the challenges helps us to gain a better understanding of what they are experiencing.  Resident-centered approaches to working with people who have dementia are described and real world examples are used. The technique of using validation is also discussed.

Registration Link: Resident Approach to Dementia Care ONLINE Course

Course Price: $9
Information: Call 913-477-8251 for more information
Contact Hours: 1 contact hour, 1-Res Care

*This class is available to take whenever it is convenient for you.