Training for Professional Care Providers
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Faculty
The Faculty are experts in dementia care with an average of ten years experience in their field. They provide practical, how-to approaches critical to quality dementia care.
Session Locations
The Learning Institute offers courses statewide. Onsite training is also offered.
Who Should Attend?
Alzheimer's care coordinators, administrators, nurses, social workers, occupational and physical therapists, CNAs, activity professionals, clergy, home care providers, hospice workers and others who work in the field of Alzheimer's care.
Certificate in Dementia Care
Upon completion of 32 hours of course work, participants will receive a Certificate in Dementia Care from the Alzheimer's Association.
Alzheimer's Learning Institute (ALI)
The Alzheimer's Association is committed to helping professionals improve their knowledge and skills, build stronger teams and deliver better care to people with dementia and their families. Our training and education programs are geared to professionals working in both community-based and residential care settings.
Our programs and meetings have been attended by activity professionals, administrators, nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists, social workers and staff trainers. Many of our programs offer CEUs.
Important information:
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Cost: $35.00/class unless otherwise noted.Cancellations must be made 48 hours in advance or you will be charged the $35.00 registration fee.
- Registration is required for all classes 48 hours in advance.
- Classes will be cancelled if attendance is fewer than 5 people.
- For registration forms and information contact Amelia Schafer at 303.813.1669 or amelia.schafer@alz.org.
Curriculum
Students will complete three core courses and add electives of their choice for a total of 32 hours.
Core courses (3 hours each)
Behaviors: Responding to reality or perceptions?
Communication: A meeting of the minds or of the hearts?
Teamwork in the dementia care setting
Sample Electives
Activities
Activites for men
Alzheimer’s: disease process
Bathing and dementia care
Compassionate care: Creating an abuse free dementia care environment
Death, dying and dementia
Family interactions
Late stage dementia care
Spirituality and dementia
The best friends approach to Alzheimer’s care
Web-based training programs
CARES: A Dementia Caregiving Approach
The CARES training program is a 10-module (10-hour) online dementia care training program for CNAs, supervisors, nurses, social workers, administrators and other direct-care workers. It features hundreds of videos of real residents, CNAs, and staff members and has been hailed as the “best training program of any kind I’ve ever been a part of” by multiple users.
The CARES Program™ is divided into 10 modules, each one approximately 1 hour in length:
- Meet Clara Jones
- Introduction to Dementia
- Understanding Resident Behavior as Communication
- The CARES Approach
- Making a Connection with the Resident
- Eating Well
- Recognizing Pain
- Minimizing Falls
- Rethinking Wandering
- Restraints
This program provides guidance for those who supervise others involved in the care of people with dementia: nurses, unit coordinators, administrators, activity directors or others in leadership positions. After this training you will be able to:
- Identify and implement methods to facilitate teamwork.
- Select and use improved communication and supervisory practices.
- Identify techniques and deliver meaningful feedback to members of your team.
- Recognize and create an environment that motivates staff.
