A Comprehensive Approach to the Aging Client with Dementia

Caring for the older adult with dementia is challenging. You want to provide compassionate care with a focus on dignity and quality of life while keeping your clients safe and functioning to the highest of their ability.

Most clinicians do not feel prepared to manage and anticipate the complex needs of a patient with dementia. It can be frustrating and leave you feeling hopeless.

Prescribing and managing medications for dementia is difficult. Your clients may be taking multiple medications, even off-label, which might make their condition worse, or be dangerous. You need to know which medications are appropriate, what side effects to watch for, and when it is time to deprescribe.

From medication management to clinical competence, this course equips you with the essential knowledge to make a significant difference in the lives of your patients and elevate your practice. Some of the topics covered include:

Differentiating dementia
Screening for Clinical Competency
Cognitive Assessment
Developing a Dementia Care Plan
Pharmacologic approaches
Non-pharmacologic approaches

Working with clients with dysphagia
Dementia-related neuropsychiatric symptoms
Tips for de-escalating someone with agitation
Antipsychotic stewardship and safety
CMS regulatory requirements for clients in long term care

A Comprehensive Approach to the Aging Client with Dementia:
Certification Course

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Includes your Certified Dementia Care Specialist (ECDCS) Certification*, a $99.99 value, FREE!
Plus, earn up to 13.0 CE Hours!
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Amy Siple is excited to share with you the proven best practices for improving care for patients with dementia. She will bring her unique perspective to provide the latest evidence and management approaches.

Join Amy Siple as she shares invaluable insights, evidence-based practices, and real patient stories to reinforce important practices that you can immediately apply to help your patients and benefit your own practice.

Register today! You will leave equipped with new insights into dementia and new skills to provide comprehensive care so that you won't need to feel uncertain anymore!

Best of all, in just three easy steps, you will become an Evergreen Certified Dementia Care Specialist (ECDCS):

Step 1: Watch this online course.
Step 2: Complete the CE test(s) and instantly print your certificate(s) of completion.
Step 3: Submit the Certification Questionnaire included in this training, and your application is complete.*

That's it! No hidden fees. No catch. Just certification made EASY.

Meet Your Course Expert

Amy Siple, APRN, is a national speaker on healthcare issues that impact older adults and the empowerment of healthcare givers. She has been serving the primary care needs of residents in long-term care as a nurse practitioner for over 23 years. Amy has been appointed by three Kansas Governors to serve on boards and task forces to represent the needs of older adults and currently serves on the Kansas board for Adult Care Home Executives. Amy is a TEDx speaker and a content expert for Project Echo. Under her leadership as President of the Kansas Advanced Practice Nurses Association, Kansas became the 26th state to pass full practice authority for APRNs in 2022.

Amy's recent article: The ABCD Approach for Managing Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Dementia was published in the August 2023 issue of Nursing. It is available for free at: The ABCD approach for managing neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia - PMC (nih.gov)

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A Comprehensive Approach to the Aging Client with Dementia:
Certification Course

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What Will You Learn?

Register today for immediate, unlimited access to online video modules that will walk you through the most effective interventions and management strategies to improve the care you provide for your aging patients. Plus, you'll become an Evergreen Certified Dementia Care Specialist (ECDCS)! Here's what you'll discover in this course:

Module 1: The Aging Client: Process for Determining Clinical Competency

Ages and increased risks for diseases including dementia
- Normal vs. Abnormal Aging
Why screen for clinical competency
Clinical evaluation of dementia
Common cognitive assessment tools
Common dementia profiles… Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Substance-Induced Neurocognitive
Driving considerations

Module 2: Developing a Dementia Care Plan

Assessment tools that could be utilized
Realistic goals
Meaningful interventions
Pharmacologic approaches
Non-pharmacologic approaches

Module 3: Managing Dementia-Related Neuropsychiatric Symptoms

Common neuropsychiatric symptoms associated with dementia
Common pharmacologic agents used to treat these symptoms
Tips for de-escalating someone with agitation
Strategies to engage clients with dementia

Module 4: Antipsychotic Stewardship

Risks associated with antipsychotic usage in older adults
Misappropriate for behavioral and psychological symptoms associated with dementia
CMS regulatory requirements for clients in long term care
Choosing an appropriate antipsychotic
Practical tips to employ antipsychotic stewardship
Specific antipsychotics safety profiles

PLUS, you'll get FIVE free bonus modules exclusive to this course.

Dementia Medication Update
Steven Atkinson, PA-C, MS | Click here for information about Steven Atkinson

Delirium Unveiled

Demystifying the current algorithm of delirium
Simplifying the approach to understanding delirium

Unmasking the Hidden: Screening for Depression

The crucial role of depression screening

Medications: The Plot Thickens

How medications can confound the clinical picture
Unraveling the Anticholinergic Burden Score

Unlocking Cognitive Insights

The importance of cognitive screens
A universal screening approach for all settings

Journey into Alzheimer's

Exploring the general hypothesis
Revealing the value of Alzheimer's screening
Redefining Alzheimer's with the latest biological insight
LATE-NC: The breakthrough in dementia research

Dementia Made Simple
Lizette Cloete, OTR/L, CADDCT, CDP | Click here for information about Lizette Cloete

Analyze and Assess the Dementia Situation — How to utilize appropriate assessments within your scope of practice as related to dementia/cognitive decline

Short Blessed Test: A Quick Screening Tool
BCAT and The MoCA: A Quick Comparison
Preparedness for Caregiving Scale: An Overview
myMemCheck® : An Introduction

Implement a Solution To The Dementia Situation — How to quickly determine where to focus your solution to dementia-related difficulties

Person With Dementia:
- How to manage common dementia-related issues like eating and nutrition, sleep and insomnia, aggression, wandering and other common "challenging behaviors"
Environment of Care:
- How a person living with dementia's environment can either help (or hinder) their best ability to function
- How to develop solutions to help
Activity Engagement:
- How engaging in normal activities assists a person with dementia's psycho-social well-being
Care Partner Stressors:
- How to assess family/relationship dynamics using the Caregiver Readiness To Change scale
- Addressing financial concerns during the dementia care journey
- The role of care partners
Education:
- How to understand the difference between dementia and depression
- How to use the PHQ-9 Depression Scale
- Understanding the physiology of normal aging and abnormal aging
- Understanding the end-of-life care issues related to dying with dementia
- Know the difference between palliative care and hospice care

Modify and/or Maintain The Dementia Strategies- Putting it all together

Pharmacology in the Older Adult
Eric Christianson, PharmD, BCGP, BCPS | Click here for information about Eric Christianson

Physiological differences of the older adult
Perils of polypharmacy and the prescription cascade
- BEERS criteria
- Deprescribing
Drug interactions
- Over the counter medications
High-risk medications
- High-risk drug-disease interaction

Dining, Dementia, and Dysphagia
Amy Siple, APRN | Click here for information about Amy Siple

Introduction

The relationship between dementia and dysphagia
Impact of physical limitations and sensory changes on swallowing
Cognitive decline and its role in dysphagia
Etiologies of Dysphagia…causes and contributing factors

Management Approach/Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Recognizing the importance of teamwork in managing dysphagia
Key interdisciplinary team members for consultation
Patient-centered care approaches

Evidence-based guidelines for safe eating

Implementing recommended practices to ensure safe eating
Practical interventions for promoting safe eating practices
Best practices to enhance the patient's dining experience

Summarizing key takeaways

Application of knowledge in dementia care

Debra Stern, PT, DPT, DBA, CLT, CEEAA, CFPS

Keeping Patients Off the Floor: Identifying Fall Risk and Preventing Falls in Aging Adults Throughout the Continuum of Care
Debra Stern, PT, DPT, DBA, CLT, CEEAA, CFPS | Click here for information about Debra Stern

Unlock the secret of fall prevention

Discover the true magnitude and impact of falls
Unravel the myth that falls are an inevitable part of aging

Building the Dream Team: Collaborative Fall Prevention

Explore the roles of diverse healthcare professionals in assessing fall risk
Understand how teamwork is crucial across the continuum of care

The Right Focus: Strategies for Fall Prevention

Learn subtle and obvious indicators of fall risk
Tackle the impact of polypharmacy on balance and falls

The Power of Unity: Integrating CDC STEADI Recommendations

Harness the CDC STEADI approach for effective fall prevention
Implement recommendations that stop elderly accidents, deaths, and injuries

A Comprehensive Approach to the Aging Client with Dementia:
Certification Course

Valued at $649.93
Yours for Only $249.99 Today!

GET STARTED NOW

Are you ready to step into the life awaiting you as an Evergreen Certified Dementia Care Specialist (ECDCS)?

Certification Made Simple

It's never been easier to become an Evergreen Certified Dementia Care Specialist (ECDCS):

Step 1: Watch this online course.
Step 2: Complete the CE test(s) and instantly print your certificate(s) of completion.
Step 3: Submit the Certification Questionnaire included in this training, and your application is complete.*
Click here for full Certification requirements

That's it! No hidden fees. No catch. Just certification made EASY.

*Professional standards apply.
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