Course Code: REL-PAC-0-DCUAD
Hours: 0.5
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 8/31/2025
Learning Objectives:
Describe Alzheimer’s disease.
List 3 ways Alzheimer’s disease changes a person’s behavior and abilities.
Describe ways to care for someone with Alzheimer’s disease.
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: Alzheimer’s Disease
What Is Alzheimer’s Disease?
Warning Signs
Changes in Behaviors
Changes in Abilities
Caring for Someone with Alzheimer’s Disease
Early Stage
Middle Stage
Late Stage
Other Needs
Review
Summary
Section 3: Conclusion
Summary
Course Contributor
References
Congratulations!
Staff Writer: Jennifer W. Burks, M.S.N., R.N.
Jennifer W. Burks, M.S.N., R.N. has over 25 years of clinical and teaching experience, and her areas of expertise are critical care and home health. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from The University of Virginia in 1993 and her Master of Science in Nursing from The University of North Carolina, Greensboro in 1996. Her professional practice in education is guided by a philosophy borrowed from Florence Nightingale's Notes on Nursing, "I do not pretend to teach her how, I ask her to teach herself, and for this purpose, I venture to give her some hints."
Disclosure: Jennifer W. Burks, M.S.N., R.N. has declared that no conflict of interest, Relevant Financial Relationship or Relevant Non-Financial Relationship exists.
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