Alzheimer's and Related Disorders
Hours: 0.50
Alzheimer’s disease and Alzheimer’s-related disorders, or ARD, affect both the individual's cognition and the lives of their loved ones. For many family members, it is hard to understand these disorders because they cannot see what is happening as easily as they could if there was a broken bone or a surgical scar. This course discusses Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders to help you understand how to help individuals and their family with care that promotes both dignity and independence.
Alzheimer’s disease and Alzheimer’s-related disorders, or ARD, affect both the individual's cognition and the lives of their loved ones. For many family members, it is hard to understand these disorders because they cannot see what is happening as easily as they could if there was a broken bone or a surgical scar. This course discusses Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders to help you understand how to help individuals and their family with care that promotes both dignity and independence.
Florida Board of Nursing - Certified Nursing Assistants
This is not an accredited course for professional license renewal. Florida CNAs may use this inservice toward meeting their annual inservice requirement.
This activity is approved for 0.50 contact hours.
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (ALL Direct Care Workers)
Relias Learning, LLC is approved as a Curriculum Developer by the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services. This activity is approved for 0.5000 contact hours for all WA State Direct Care Workers. Training Provider Code: WA0624. CE Approval Code: CO2235854
Recognize at least three signs and symptoms of dementia.
Identify two care interventions that encourage independence with activities of daily living in individuals with Alzheimer's disease and dementia.
Outline:
Section 2: Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease
How Dementia Affects the Brain
Section 3: Helping Individuals and Families
Helping The Family to Support the Person with Dementia
Writer: Kathleen Koopmann, RN, BSN, PCCN
Kathleen Koopmann, RN, BSN, PCCN, is an SME Writer for the Post-Acute Care team at Relias, with a focus on long-term care. Kathleen earned her Associate Degree in nursing in 1987 at Mid-Michigan Community College and her Bachelor of Science in nursing in 2018 from Western Governor's University. She has training from the North Carolina Statewide Program for Infection Control and Epidemiology through NCDHHS and the University of North Carolina. Kathleen has worked in long-term care, outpatient care, acute care, and nursing education. She has hospital experience in Med-Surg, OR/PACU, Critical Care, and outpatient experience in Occupation Health. Kathleen has experience as a clinical instructor for the LPN program at Susquehanna County Career and Technical Center in Pennsylvania. Most recently, she worked in long-term care as a Staff Development Coordinator and Infection Control Practitioner.
Disclosure: Kathleen Koopmann, RN, BSN, PCCN has declared that no conflict of interest, Relevant Financial Relationship or Relevant Non-Financial Relationship exists.
Asynchronous/Online Distance Learning; please see certificate details for specifics on delivery format.
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To earn continuing education credit for this course you must achieve a passing score of 80% on the post-test and complete the course evaluation.
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