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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.
Caregiver Universitiy™
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MODULE ONE: Alzheimer’s Disease & Dementia:
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MODULE TWO: Understanding the Experience of Dementia
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MODULE THREE: Communicating Well
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MODULE FOUR: Creating Resident Centered Activities
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MODULE FIVE: Enhancing Activities of Daily Living (ADL’s)
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MODULE SIX: Coping with Challenging Situations
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MODULE SEVEN: Enhancing Relationships with Families
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MODULE EIGHT: Taking Care of Ourselves and Our Team
Link to Caregiver University© This course costs $25 per module. A designed two day, 16-Hour scheduled program cost $150.
To design a program to meet your needs and for more information contact your chapter office or e-mail: arlene.ige@alz.org
To design a program to meet your needs and for more information contact your chapter office or e-mail: arlene.ige@alz.org
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
