Dementia Care: Reducing the Risk of Challenging Situations

Course overview

This course will provide clinicians and direct care providers with a care planning approach and problem-solving strategy that reduces the risk that challenging behaviors or situations will arise. This happens when care providers are better at understanding the person, their history and needs, the changes the person living with dementia's (PLwDs) brain is experiencing, and the PLwDs efforts to communicate or express distress. The caregiver's ability to plan in advance and effectively and immediately respond to situations greatly reduces the risk that challenging behaviors and situations will occur.