Dementia Care: Understanding Communication
Hours: 0.50
One of the most challenging tasks you will face when caring for persons with dementia is managing their behaviors. However, this task can become more manageable if you understand how to communicate with persons with dementia. Effective communication is the key to understanding and managing many of the behaviors a person with dementia exhibits. This course discusses how dementia affects a person's ability to communicate. It also discusses the communication techniques you can use to prevent behaviors in persons with dementia.
The goal of this course is to educate direct care workers in post-acute care settings on how to communicate with persons with dementia.
One of the most challenging tasks you will face when caring for persons with dementia is managing their behaviors. However, this task can become more manageable if you understand how to communicate with persons with dementia. Effective communication is the key to understanding and managing many of the behaviors a person with dementia exhibits. This course discusses how dementia affects a person's ability to communicate. It also discusses the communication techniques you can use to prevent behaviors in persons with dementia. The goal of this course is to educate direct care workers in post-acute care settings on how to communicate with persons with dementia.
