Florida Alzheimers Disease and Related Dementias for Home Health, 2 units (376)

Course overview

This course provides home health staff with the skills, techniques, and strategies to care on a daily basis for clients with Alzheimers disease or a related dementia. It compares Alzheimers disease to other types of dementia, provides techniques for verbal and nonverbal communication, discusses symptoms seen at each stage of dementia, relates techniques intended to promote independence in activities of daily living (ADLs), and provides information about how to work with family members and caregivers of people with dementia. It describes best practices for assisting someone with activities of daily living, discusses individual and group activities, and describes how stress can affect a caregivers life. It offers strategies for recognizing and managing caregiver stress. It concludes with a description of a therapeutic environment, safety and security, and ethical issues faced by caregivers and providers working with clients living with dementia. FL DOEA Approval: This course is approved by the Florida Department of Elder Affairs, curriculum approval: HH11485.