Dementia Training 13 modules and tests for all modules
Dementia Training from HomeCare, Hospice & Palliative Care Alliance of New Hampshire
A diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease or other related dementias offers unique challenges in the home health care setting. Join the experts from C&V Senior Care for this best-practices training approach to Alzheimer’s and other dementias. The Alliance is excited to offer our members this multi-part online dementia education program.
The trainers are Katherine Vanderhorst, RN, MSN and Amy Craven, DPT from C & V Senior Care Services. They are experts in dementia and behavioral health care in home-based settings and advise home care and hospice agencies across the country on how to meet the needs of this special population of clients.
When you click on the link below, the main webpage for the dementia education program will open. Link to Dementia Training in NH Care & Hospice. Once you enter the website click on the link for each module and enter the password NHdementia2021 if you are asked to enter a password. Each module has handouts and an online quiz to complete.
Please complete the online attestation for each module after watching the webinar and completing the quiz. The link to each online attestation is listed under each module below.
Module 1: Understanding Dementia (38 minutes)
Module 2: A Stage Theory and Why behaviors occur in people with Dementia (43 minutes)
Module 3: Fundamentals of Person-Centered Dementia Care (1 hour & 15 minutes)
Module 4: Understanding Behaviors and Communications (1 hour & 12 minutes)
Module 5: Strategies to Manage ADL’s and Environmental Modifications (59 minutes)
Module 6: For Clinicians Assessment and Care Planning (49 minutes)
Module 7: For Paraprofessionals Promotion and Maintenance of Highest Functional Level (54 minutes)
Module 8: Other covered staff Overview of Alzheimer’s & Dementia (1 hour & 12 minutes)
Module 9: Dementia Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic (56 minutes)
Module 10: Stage Specific Activities Knowing the Life Story (58 minutes)
Module 11: Preventing falls and Dementia Related Hospital Admission (59 minutes)
Link to the Online Attestation
Module 12: Communication Strategies (59 minutes)
Link to the Online Attestation
Module 13: Where is the Toilet Seat? Common Visual Spatial Changes in Alzheimer's (59 minutes)
Link to the Online Attestation
Module 14: Responding to Challenging Behaviors (2 hours & 3 minutes)
Link to the Online Attestation
