Can Do! Dementia Care Certification

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

 Identify useful communication tools to use with individuals living with dementia to improve care delivery and quality of life.

 Recognize strategies for understanding, preventing, and managing walking about and sun downing.

 Discuss a problem-solving approach for preventing a variety of responsive behaviors that will improve quality of life and minimize staff stress.

 Identify memory support strategies that really work to reduce anxiety and improve communication functioning.

 Recognize the key design guidelines for creating a supportive communication environment.

Functional person-centered strategies for working with clients living with dementia

This course offers a functional approach to providing person-centered care for people living with dementia.  Each of the 10 modules include a lecture, handouts, and meaningful activity ideas that provide the essential tools needed for care partners working with individuals who have cognitive impairment.  Participants will leave this course with blueprints for purposeful activities for all levels of cognitive impairment that will increase elder engagement throughout the day.  You’ll learn tips for working collaboratively and for enhancing the elder care environment to support functioning.