Rhode Island: Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders, 1 unit
Rhode Island: Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders, 1 unit is organized by ATrain Education, Inc..
Expiration date: Jun 01, 2024
Course Summary
For healthcare workers, providers, and caregivers who have direct contact with people with dementia. The course will increase your awareness and understanding of Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders.
The course defines dementia, describes how dementia affects the brain and discusses how the symptoms of dementia differ from normal age-related changes. It describes the stages of dementia along with symptoms and behaviors you might see during the different stages. In addition, the course discusses communication challenges at the different stages of dementia, including patients with dementia who are receiving hospice, and provides tips for communicating with people at those different stages.
Course Objectives
When you finish this course you will be able to:
• Name 3 properties of dementia.
• Name 3 differences between normal, age-related changes and the changes seen in dementia.
• Describe the first symptom you are likely to notice in someone in the early stage of Alzheimer’s disease.
• Give one characteristic each for Alzheimer’s, frontal-temporal, vascular, and Lewy body dementia.
• Relate 1 symptom and behavioral change at each stage of Alzheimer’s disease
• Describe 2 challenges facing caregivers at each stage of dementia.
• Outline 3 strategies for communicating with residents at each stage of dementia.
• Describe 4 problems faced by someone caring for a family member with dementia who is also on hospice.