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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. Typically, we will offer CEUs during our fall seminar and spring symposium. Please check our education calendar for other CEU opportunities.
Training Programs
Quality Dementia Care Training
Quality Dementia Care Training is a training program for direct care workers and supervisors in residential, in-home, and hospice care settings. This training program consists of various training modules, each covering a specific topic. Meet the training needs of your organization by selecting only the topics that are relevant. The cost of this on-site training is $50.00 per hour.
To download the flyer, click here. For more information, please call 1.800.272.3900.
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
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.
Seminars and Conferences
Our chapter presents five major education programs each year, four of which are caregiver seminars. Fort Worth and Waco host the fall caregiver seminars. In the spring, two additional caregiver seminars are scheduled in Abilene and Wichita Falls. In addition, each spring we host a chapter-wide education symposium held in Fort Worth. Typically, we offer CEUs for each of these events. For more information, please check our education calendar or contact our chapter at 1.800.272.3900.
October 2008 brings a special education event to our Abilene region. Our featured speaker for the MindAlert Seminar on October 24, 2008, will be Robyn Yale, LCSW. Ms. Yale pioneered the development of support groups to help people with Alzheimer's disease understand, discuss, and cope with their condition. Further details will be announced soon.
We are pleased to announce that the featured speaker for our four caregiver seminars during 2008-09 will be Nancy Pearce, MS, LISW. Ms. Pearce is a medical social worker with over 20 years experience in working in long-term health care and hospice settings. Although full details are not yet available, please mark your calendars with the following information: November 6, 2008 in Waco and November 7, 2008 in Hurst (these are duplicate sessions) and April 30, 2009 in Wichita Falls and May 1, 2009 in Abilene (again, these are duplicate sessions). Sponsorship opportunities and further details for all of these seminars will be announced at a later date.
The date for our education symposium is March 26, 2009. Details, including CEU and sponsorship information, will be provided at a later date.
