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CareTrends Alzheimer's Education SeriesA Staff Training Program
Sponsored by the Institute on AgingA Division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Product: Six Modules of Interactive Learning (Web-based and CD format)
With Six Program Workbooks
- Module 1: Overview of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias
- Module 2: Enhancing Communication
- Module 3: Behavioral Challenges
- Module 4: Activities of Daily Living/Personal Care
- Module 5: Activities and Programming
- Module 6: Creating Effective Partnerships with Families
Goal: To improve the quality of care for residents with Alzheimer's disease
in assisted living facilities by providing education to caregivers.
Features: 1. Interactive, multimedia computer-based training program that
appeals to a variety of learning styles
2. Provides an accountable and engaging learning experience
3. Includes pre- and post-tests to track progress of caregiver
4. Includes workbooks for additional learning
5. Certificate of Completion will be provided to caregivers who
complete the series
Benefits: 1. Fulfills staff training requirements
2. Nine hours of staff training and continuing education credits
3. Affordable and cost-effective
Advantages of Computer-based Training (CBT)
- CBT allows information to be delivered to learners in a variety of methods,
which enhances learning and appeals to individual learning styles.
- CBT can reduce training costs by 30-50 percent.
- Learners using CBT are able to complete the training 30 percent faster than
traditional methods.
- CBT allows learners to receive immediate feedback regarding their work.
- CBT simulates real world environments. Simulations are very effective in
training individuals to manage sensitive topics.
- CBT is an effective mode of training for assisted living facilities because
the training can be done on-site and does not require travel or missed
production hours.
CareTrends Alzheimer's Education Series
Module and Chapter Titles
Module 1: Overview of Alzheimer's disease and Related Dementias
- Chapter 1: Memory Changes
- Chapter 2: Understanding Dementia
- Chapter 3: Alzheimer's Disease History and Facts
- Chapter 4: Stages and Losses
Module 2: Enhancing Communication
- Chapter 1: Communication and Basics
- Chapter 2: What Makes Communication Difficult
- Chapter 3: Tips For Effective Communication
Module 3: Behavioral Challenges
- Chapter 1: Making Sense of Behavior in Alzheimer's Disease
- Chapter 2: Behavior as Communication
- Chapter 3: Specific Behavioral Challenges
- Chapter 4: Preventing, Assessing, and Responding to Behavioral
Challenges
- Chapter 5: Case Studies
Module 4: Activities of Daily Living/Personal Care
- Chapter 1: Personal Care and Alzheimer's Disease
- Chapter 2: Starting the Day: Challenges and Strategies to Help
- Chapter 3: Daytime and Bedtime Challenges, and Strategies to Help
- Chapter 4: Case Studies
Module 5: Activities and Programming
- Chapter 1: Activity Programming and Alzheimer's; Making the
Connection
- Chapter 2: Variety in Activity and Programming
- Chapter 3: Making Activities Successful
- Chapter 4: Activities: Do's and Don'ts
Module 6: Creating Effective Partnerships with Families
- Chapter 1: Alzheimer's: A Family Disease
- Chapter 2: The Impact of Alzheimer's Disease on the Family
- Chapter 3: Developing a Partnership of Care
- Chapter 4: Strategies for Handling Challenging Situations with Families
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