Helping Friends and Family with Dementia Care
Before you can help the friends and families of individuals living with dementia, you need to understand the physical and emotional toll that caring for their loved ones has on them. You should be comfortable using therapeutic communication to convey its use to others. This will help you minimize the fears and eliminate the burdens of the friends and families caring for someone with dementia. This course discusses the stresses and losses experienced by the loved ones of individuals with dementia. It also discusses how to help these caregivers provide safe care for their loved ones.
Before you can help the friends and families of individuals living with dementia, you need to understand the physical and emotional toll that caring for their loved ones has on them. You should be comfortable using therapeutic communication to convey its use to others. This will help you minimize the fears and eliminate the burdens of the friends and families caring for someone with dementia. This course discusses the stresses and losses experienced by the loved ones of individuals with dementia. It also discusses how to help these caregivers provide safe care for their loved ones.
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 1.0000 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 0.7500 contact hours for all WA State Direct Care Workers. Training Provider Code: WA0624. CE Approval Code: CO2337124
Identify four types of loss that family members experience related to dementia.
Describe how grief, loss, and suffering of family members becomes a secondary responsibility for the caregiver.
Outline:
Section 2: Understanding the Effects on Family and Friends
As Loved Ones Become Caregivers
Guilt, Sadness, and Depression
Section 3: Communication and Guidance
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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