Elderwerks Continuing Education Opportunities

External Professional

Elderwerks Education Team

Dementia Care

Understanding and Working with Behaviors in Dementia Care Caring for a Person Living with Dementia experiencing behaviors can be difficult. Understanding why behaviors occur and strategies to prevent behaviors is important to the outcomes. Interaction with the person and identifying triggers will help the person become less anxious, reducing behaviors. Learn strategies that can help avoid using pharmacological strategies for behaviors. DC18 1.0 Nurse, SW, NHA Understanding The World of Dementia Define what dementia, Alzheimer’s, and other related dementias. What is normal vs. non-normal aging. Discuss what differentiates reversable vs. irreversible dementia, and how the brain changes with dementia. Learn to recognize how dementia affects people differently, and how we can meet them in their world. In this session we will discuss what FTD is, its pathology, and the key differences between FTD and Alzheimer’s disease. Learn about the variants of FTD, along with sign, symptoms, course, and treatment. DC21 1.0 Nurse, SW, NHA Care and Management of Parkinson’s Disease and Parkinson’s Disease Dementia This program geared both for professionals and consumers will discuss Parkinson’s Disease, how Parkinson’s disease affects the brain, and signs and symptoms of the disease. We will learn the differentiation of Parkinson’s dementia and Parkinson’s disease. Also covered will be tips and strategies for caregivers and those living with Parkinson’s Disease. DC22 1.0 Nurse, SW, NHA Lewy Body Dementia Learn the difference between Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and Lewy Body Dementia. Discuss statistics and risk factors for LB. Also discussed are diagnosis and pathology, symptom management such as hallucinations and delusions. Because a person living with LB is at risk for falls, prevention of falls as well as other strategies will be discussed. DC20 1.0 Nurse, SW, NHA Frontotemporal Dementia

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