Cognitive Care: Assessment Instruction and Care Coordination
Tracking # 20-1086220
Course overview
Additional education is necessary to provide the latest research not available during foundational practitioner education. With a focus on patients with progressive diagnoses, this course covers cognitive assessment implementation, goal writing for qualifying services across the continuum of care, and caregivers use of the Stay Well Program. The ability to support residents with progressive cognitive changes has increase but practitioners still lack the application to appropriately care plan level of resident cognitive functioning according to the Allen Cognitive Levels, and apply analysis for carryover of functional maintenance plans. This course will help practitioners to efficiently streamline person-centered cognitive abilities information sharing for carryover of education for each resident's needs. It will also increase caregiver buy-in, utilizing recommended strategies to improve caregiver experience and maximize the resident's quality of life through increased autonomy and engagement.
Subject areas
This course counts toward the state boards and subject areas below.