Alzheimer’s and dementia care training founded in evidence-based information

The following dementia care training programs have been recognized by the Alzheimer’s Association as reflecting the five topic areas of the Dementia Care Practice Recommendations. Recognition from the Alzheimer’s Association is not an endorsement of the professional training or evaluation of the care provided. Please contact the company directly for more information about the training program.

Providers using these training programs are eligible to purchase essentiALZ® certification exams for their staff. However, individual care providers who wish to take the essentiALZ exam must purchase the bundled essentiALZ program.

Other recognized training programs

Activated Insights, formerly Home Care Pulse
Alzheimer's Disease Specialist Training
Training hours: 8 hours
Recognition expiration date: March 31, 2025
essentiALZ exams must be purchased separately.

AlzBetter
Foundation Training
Training hours: 4 hours
Recognition expiration date: Dec. 31, 2024
essentiALZ exams must be purchased separately.

CareAcademy™
Dementia Care Certification
Training hours: 10 hours
Recognition expiration date: Jan. 5, 2025
essentiALZ exams must be purchased separately.

EduCare by Mirabelle Management
Dementia Series Training
Training hours: 3 hours
Recognition expiration date: Dec. 18, 2025
essentiALZ exams must be purchased separately.

Healthcare Academy®
Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Training Program
Training hours: 3 hours
Recognition expiration date: April 1, 2026
essentiALZ exams must be purchased separately.

HealthCare Interactive®
CARES® Dementia Basics™ Online Training Program
Training hours: 4 hours
Recognition expiration date: Feb. 22, 2025
essentiALZ exams must be purchased separately.

Mission Care Collective
Training hours: 8 hours
Recognition expiration date: April 24, 2026
essentiALZ exams must be purchased separately.

Nevvon
Dementia Training
Training hours: 3 hours
Recognition expiration date: Nov. 27, 2025
essentiALZ exams must be purchased separately.

OpusVi Memory Care Orientation
Essentials of Person-Centered Care
Training hours: 20 hours
Recognition expiration date: Dec. 20, 2024
essentiALZ exams must be purchased separately.

Relias
Dementia Specialist Training
Training hours: 6.5 hours
Recognition expiration date: Nov. 7, 2025
essentiALZ exams must be purchased separately.

Telescope HR
Caregiver's Guide to Alzheimer's and Dementia Training
Training hours: 3 hours
Recognition expiration date: Aug. 16, 2026
essentiALZ exams must be purchased separately.

Proprietary training programs

The Alzheimer’s Association recognizes several training programs offered by provider organizations that are exclusive to their staff, including:

• Acts Retirement: Dementia Module Training
• Angel Companions: ALZ'smart
• Arden Courts Memory Care Communities: Memory Care Support Training
• Brookdale Senior Living: Clare Bridge Training
• Cedarhurst Senior Living: Living TRUE Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Training
• ComForCare: DementiaWise
• Discovery Senior Living: SHINE^® Dementia Care Training
• Encompass Health: Home Health and Hospice Memory Care Program
• Exceptional Living Centers: Monarch Memory Care Program
• Genesis HealthCare: Dementia Care Basics
• Grace Management, Inc: The Village Program^® Orientation
• Home Instead: Person-Centered Care Training for Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias
• Insight Senior Living: Purposeful Connections
• Right at Home: The RightCare Approach to Dementia and Cognitive Support
• Senior Star Memory Care: Purposeful Moments™ Training
• SLP Operations, LLC: THRIVE Dementia and Behavior Support
• Sunrise Senior Living: Orientation Training
• Therapy Management Corporation: Mindful Care
• Three Pillars Senior Living Communities: Dementia Education Curriculum
• Tutera Senior Living: Courtyard Training
• United Methodist Communities: Tapestries Dementia Care Training
• Walker Methodist: Dementia Training
• Watercrest Senior Living: Illuminate Memory Care Training
• Watermark Retirement Communities: Internal Staff Training