Dementia Care: Ethical Considerations
Hours: 0.50
Families and people with dementia are required to make many decisions regarding care throughout the disease process. These decisions include not only end-of-life issues, but decisions regarding treatment, safety, and autonomy. Many times, ethical considerations may appear to contradict each other. For example, what is safe vs. what the individual desires. This course covers the basics of ethical caregiving and the basic principles of ethics. It also examines the ethical goals of caring for individuals with dementia to help caregivers see both the dignity of the person and the indignity of the disease.
Families and people with dementia are required to make many decisions regarding care throughout the disease process. These decisions include not only end-of-life issues, but decisions regarding treatment, safety, and autonomy. Many times, ethical considerations may appear to contradict each other. For example, what is safe vs. what the individual desires. This course covers the basics of ethical caregiving and the basic principles of ethics. It also examines the ethical goals of caring for individuals with dementia to help caregivers see both the dignity of the person and the indignity of the disease.
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 0.5000 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: CO2135220
Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Texas HHSC has determined that Relias' submitted training meets or exceeds the minimum standards for HCSSA administrator training in the following categories: Licensed Home Health (LHH), Licensed and Certified Home Health (L&CHH), Personal Assistance Services (PAS), Hospice. Texas HHSC also recognizes Relias provides continuing education for administrators and alternate administrators. This activity is approved for 0.5000 contact hours.
Florida Assisted Living - General Training
59A-36.011 Staff Training Requirements. Location: Online
Recall the three basic parts of ethical caregiving
Recall the four categories of ethical principles
Recognize two examples of each of the ethical principles
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: Ethical Issues
What Is Ethics?
Review
Summary
Section 3: Ethical Principles
Categories
Summary
Review
Section 4: Case Studies
Case Study #1
Case Study #2
Review
Summary
Section 5: Conclusion
Course Summary
Course Contributor
References
Subject Matter Expert: Stephanie Whitfield, MSN, RN, CPN
Stephanie has over 17 years of clinical and teaching experience. Her areas of expertise are in neonatal intensive care, general pediatrics, home health, and children with medical complexities. She earned her Master's in nursing from Chamberlain University in 2022. Her professional practice is guided by Jean Watson's philosophy that, "Caring is the essence of nursing."
The target audience for this course is: General Staff; in the following settings: Post-Acute Care.
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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