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Person-Centered Dementia Care...From the Perspective of the Resident Lunch & Learn

May 4, 2023

This Lunch and Learn course includes the common framework and the stages of Dementia with a focus on improving the quality of care for individuals with dementia living in Long Term Care communities including Skilled Nursing, Assisted Living, and Home Plus settings.  Presented by Linda Farrar, RN, LNHA this course will look at how care partners can approach prevention and de-escalation of challenging behaviors and will help you to intervene when behavior escalates.  You will know how to recognize, respond and calm the individual using non-pharmacological approaches. 

Learning Objectives for this Lunch and Learn:

1. Participants will demonstrate an understanding of Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias and the impact on cognitive function

2. Participants will demonstrate ability to identify key care approaches for stages of dementia promote the highest practicable level of well-being for elders with dementia

3. Participants will demonstrate understanding of strategies to enhance communication and minimize negative behaviors

Schedule:

9:45 Arrivals

10:00 am Sesion I

12 Noon - Lunch Provided

1:00  - Session II

2:00 - Session II

3:00 - Wrap up and Departures

Continuing Education Credit:

Administrators - This course is approved for 5.0 continuing education clock hours for Adult Care Home Administrators by the Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) HOC Long-Term Sponsorship number: LTS-A0001.

Operators - This course is approved for 5.0 continuing education clock hours for Adult Care Home Operators. 5.0 in the core area of Resident Care by the Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) HOC Long-Term Sponsorship number: LTS-A0001.

Nurses - The Kansas Health Care Association is approved as a provider of continuing nursing education by the Kansas State Board of Nursing. This offering is approved for 5.0 contact hours applicable for RN and LPN re-licensure. (KSBN LT0030-0338).

Dietary -This course is approved for 5.0 continuing education hours for Kansas Licensed Dieticians by the Kansas Department of Aging an Disability Services Health Occupations Credentialing.  Sponsorship LTS-D002

Social Workers - The Kansas Health Care Association is approved as a provider of continuing education by the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Board . This offering is approved for 5.0 continuing education hours for Social Workers. (KSBSB 17-006).