The Massachusetts/New Hampshire Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association is hosting a series of educational seminars for direct care staff and the Home Care Alliance encourages those interested to participate.
The format is a train the trainer model created to prepare attendees, already familiar with Alzheimer’s and dementia care, to train direct care staff in a wide array of care settings, including home care.
Here are the details:
Caring for People with Alzheimer’s Disease: A Habilitation Training Curriculum Date of next Training:
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Alzheimer’s Association, 480 Pleasant Street, Watertown, MA 02472
The curriculum is a train the trainer model created to prepare attendees, already familiar with Alzheimer’s and dementia care, to train direct care staff in a wide array of care settings. The 7 hour training teaches attendees the 13 hour curriculum in best Habilitation Therapy practices. Modules include a PowerPoint presentation, discussion activities, lecture, and demonstration, role-play and group work.
Module Topics:
• Understanding Alzheimer’s and Dementia, • Habilitation Therapy, • Knowing and Understanding the Individual, • Communication Skills: We Need to Know the Language • Does the Physical Environment Make a Difference?, • Our Approach to Personal Care, • Activity and Purposeful Engagement, • Behavior as Communication: Understanding and Responding, • Understanding and Working with Families
9:00-9:30am Registration & Check-in
9:30am-4:30pm Training
Cost
- $300 for one representative ($150*)
- $550 for two representatives ($275*)
- $200 for each additional representative ($100*)
*The cost of the program includes CEU’s (offered to nurses, social workers, activity professionals and nursing home administrators).
Non-profit rate available to smaller community non-profits that are town, city, or state funded.
Location
Alzheimer’s Association, 480 Pleasant Street, Watertown, MA 02472
CLICK HERE to register: http://www.alzmass.org/hab/ or to view the
2013 – 2014 training schedule. Please call 617-868-6718 with questions.
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