Alzheimer

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Alzheimers Association Foundations of Dementia
Care Training Programs

• Presented by
• Kim Walsh, M.S.
• Alzheimers Association,
• Michigan Great Lakes Chapter

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Campaign for Quality Residential Care

• Launched in Spring / Summer 2005
• Nationwide initiative
• Multi-level, evidence-based collaboration
• Supported by 24 leading health and senior care
  organizations

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Organizations Supporting the Dementia Care
Practice Recommendations

• AARP
• American Association of Assisted Living Nurses
• American Association of Homes and Services for
  the Aging
• American College of Health Care Administrators
• American Dietetic Association
• American Health Care Association
• American Medical Directors Association
• American Occupational Therapy Association
• American Physical Therapy Association
• American Seniors Housing Association
• American Society of Consultant Pharmacists
• American Therapeutic Recreation Association
• Assisted Living Federation of America

• Catholic Health Association
• Consumer Consortium on Assisted Living
• National Association of Activity
  Professionals
• National Association of Directors of Nursing
• Administration in Long Term Care
• National Association of Social Workers
• National Center for Assisted Living
• National Citizens Coalition for Nursing
• Home Reform
• National Hospice and Palliative Care
• Organization
• Paralyzed Veterans of America
• Service Employees International Union
• The American Speech-Language-Hearing
• Association accepts the recommendations.

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Dementia Care Practice Recommendations
www.alz.org/health/care/dcpr.asp
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Foundations of Dementia Care

• Putting Principles into Practice

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Dementia care is challenging, and changing

• More than 50 percent of long-term care residents
  have some form of dementia.
• Increased knowledge of Alzheimers symptoms and
  individual residents allow direct care workers to
  make better care decisions.
• The quality of life for these residents is
  directly related to the relationship they have
  with their direct care workers. The better the
  relationship, the better a residents quality of
  life.

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Hands-on and interactive training for supervisors
and direct care workers

• Hands-on classroom training allows staff to
  practice new approaches to dementia care through
  discussions, role-playing exercises and sharing
  of expertise.
• Plus, we emphasize practical, problem-solving
  approaches that staff can immediately put to use
  on the floor to prevent problems before they
  occur.

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Education Modules

• 5 modules, 12 sessions
• Learning to Lead (3 hours)
• About Dementia (3 hours)
• Enhancing Mealtime (2 hours)
• Reducing Pain (2 hours)
• Making Connections (2 hours)

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Module 1 Learning to Lead

• This module teaches supervisors how to act as
  team leaders to effectively coach and mentor
  direct care staff in providing the high quality
  dementia care outlined in the subsequent modules.
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• Part 1 Leading the Team
• Part 2 From Classroom to Practice
• Part 3 Building a Vision

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Module 2 About Dementia

• This module teaches residential care staff to
  understand Alzheimers disease and dementia, and
  how changes in the brain contribute to different
  behaviors and communication limitations.
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• Part 1 Dementia Basics
• Part 2 Improving Communication
• Part 3 Understanding Behavior

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Priority Care Areas

• Module 3 Enhancing Mealtime
• This module teaches residential care staff to
  identify resident difficulties during mealtime
  and to use effective person-centered approaches
  to enhance the mealtime experience.
• Module 4 Reducing Pain
• This module teaches residential care staff to
  identify when and why residents are experiencing
  pain and to use effective person-centered
  approaches to reduce pain.
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• Module 5 Making Connections
• This module teaches residential care staff to
  identify resident abilities and preferences for
  engaging socially and outlines effective
  person-centered approaches to making meaningful
  connections with residents.

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Flexible Options

• On-site training
• Off-site training
• Web-based training

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Web-based Training Programs

• The CARES Program
• Training for Team Leaders Successful
  Supervision

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Consumer Module

• Fact sheets on various issues related to dementia
  and long term care
• Educational module that empowers users to
  understand and advocate for quality dementia care
  in their community
• Interactive question and answer module
• Include persons preferences and personal
  background information

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Advocacy Efforts

• Integration of practice recommendations into
  quality assurance systems
• Development of state-specific policy agendas

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Contact Information

• www/alz.org
• 800.272.3900