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About Professional Training

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.

Training Programs

Dementia Specialist

Recomended for direct-care staff, the Dementia Specialist Program offers the most up-to-date knowledge and techniques to those caring for persons with dementia. The program promotes state of the art person-centered care. Fee required.

Powerful Tools for Caregiving

This nationally-accredited program is aimed at helping caregivers recognize and relate to their roles while insuring their own needs for support, socialization and wellness are met throughout the caregiving process.

A Care Package

This 4-part program is designed to equip family caregivers with the basic tools to begin the caregiving experience. The program begins by covering the basic physiology of dementia,  leading into legal and financial advance planning. Yet another segment covers some of the basics of providing hands-on care, such as nutrition, safe transfers, minimizing falls risk and at-home social programming. The program concludes with review of available community resources and supports, and encourages attendees into community support groups for ongoing support.

Partners In Care

This 3-part program delves into some of the emotional aspects of caregiving: role and relationship changes, finding purpose in life through disease progression, grief and loss and community support. This course also provides more in-depth information about the changes in the brain caused by Alzheimer's disease, and how they can affect mood, function and behavior.

Maintain Your Brain

This short but informative educational program teaches participants how to keep their brains healthy as they age.

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Web-based training programs

CARES: A Dementia Caregiving Approach

This affordable, Web-based program has six one-hour training modules that are geared primarily to direct care workers, particularly nursing assistants. Each module uses text and streaming video to illustrate how to best care for people with dementia living in residential care settings. Topics include:

• Clara Jones and her Care Team
• Introduction to Dementia
• Understanding Behavior as Communication
• Making a Connection with the Resident
• Eating Well
• Recognizing Pain

For a description of the modules, pricing plans and a free demo, go to www.caresprogram.com

Dementia Care Training for Team Leaders

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.

This course costs $25 per person and volume discounts are available. For a free demo and to register, go to:
The Dementia Care Training for Team Leaders site.

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