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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 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.
Foundations of Quality Dementia Care
The Alzheimer’s Association Foundations of Quality Dementia Care training sessions give professional care providers the specified knowledge and skills required to provide consistent, quality care to persons with dementia. The Alzheimer’s Association East Central Iowa Chapter rotates different in-person classroom style course offerings to help facilities and day programs meet Iowa’s dementia training requirements.
- The cost of each 6-hour session is $35 per person. Facilities or organizations sending ten or more people will receive a discounted registration fee of just $15 per person.
- Each session includes a certificate of attendance upon completion and materials for ongoing support.
- PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.
- A minimum of ten registered participants is required for a scheduled program to occur.
The Foundations of Quality Dementia Care courses include the following topics:
About Dementia: provides participants with a definition of dementia and its impact on a person’s ability to function. Includes Dementia Basics, Improving Communication, and Understanding Behavior.
Making Connections: describes the social needs of residents and provides tools and techniques for ways to have meaningful interactions with residents.
Understanding Wandering: teaches staff to identify why wandering occurs, to identify situations that may lead to wandering, and to apply strategies that promote safe wandering while preventing unsafe wandering.
Recognizing Pain: discusses the different types and causes of pain and teaches staff approaches for reducing pain.
Enhancing Mealtimes: teaches staff the importance of proper nutrition and approaches for challenging mealtime situations.
Reducing Risk of Falls: describes ways to reduce and prevent injurious falls by promoting mobility, identifying and removing fall hazards and monitoring fall risk factors on an ongoing basis.
2012 Foundations Trainings
Tuesday, January 3
Topics: About Dementia, Making Connections and Understanding Wandering
Location: Human Service Campus, 317 7th Ave. SE Cedar Rapids, IA 52401
Time: 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Tuesday, April 3
Topics: About Dementia, Making Connections and Understanding Wandering
Location: Cedar Falls Library, 2nd Floor Meeting Room, 524 Main Street Cedar Falls, IA 50613
Time: 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Tuesday, July 3
Topics: Recognizing Pain, Enhancing Mealtimes and Reducing the Risk of Falls
Location: Human Service Campus, 317 7th Ave. SE Cedar Rapids, IA 52401
Time: 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Tuesday, October 2
Topics: Recognizing Pain, Enhancing Mealtimes and Reducing the Risk of Falls
Location: Cedar Falls Library, 2nd Floor Meeting Room, 524 Main Street Cedar Falls, IA 50613
Time: 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
View the 2012 Foundations of Dementia Care Training Flier
The Alzheimer's Association and HealthCare Interactive bring you CARES™ online training. The CARES program is an online dementia care training program for CNAs, supervisors, nurses, social workers, administrators and other direct-care workers. This program contains 10 modules (1 hour each) for you to select from. The CARES method is person-centered, easy-to-remember approach to care for any person in any situation and at any level of dementia decline. We strive to reduce your stress and build meaningful relationships while doing this important and challenging job.
Learn more about CARES and test drive the Dementia Basics and Dementia Advanced Care
Learn how our web based training meets Iowa's dementia training requirements
*For the most up-to-date regulations and requirements, please contact the Iowa Department of Internal Affairs.
The Alzheimer’s Association essentiALZ™ certification program is a convenient way for individuals to be recognized for knowledge of quality dementia care practices. The essentiALZ program combines select HealthCare Interactive CARES™ online dementia care training with Alzheimer’s Association® online certification exams. Family members as well as professional care providers can benefit from essentiALZ. The essentiALZ program was developed to recognize the knowledge of any caregiver who fulfills the certification requirements, regardless of whether they are paid or unpaid for their care of people with dementia.
Learn more about the benefits, training topics and pricing
Law Enforcement Training: "Approaching Alzheimer's - Make Your First Response the Right Response"
More than 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's disease and 70 percent of them live at home. To help protect these individuals, the Alzheimer's Association has created "Approaching Alzheimer's: Make your first response the right response." This training program, designed for law enforcement officers, paramedics, fire fighters, disaster relief personnel and other first responders, provides strategies for working with people who have Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.
The subjects covered in the training include: Wandering, Unsafe Driving/Shoplifting/Unsafe Guns, Abuse & Neglect and Disaster Response, and can be offered in 15 minute or 30-45 minute segments.
For more information or to schedule a training contact us at 1.800.272.3900.
