Course Description
Course Description:
Many costs related to dementia include pharmaceutical interventions such as Acetylecholinasterase inhibitors and glutamate antagonists, that essentially preserve 6-9 months worth of cognition overall. Other costs are associated with pharmaceutical management of behaviors.
There are a number of non-pharmaceutical and creative interventions for dementia that can delay progression of the disease, reduce incidence of injuries associated with falls, reduce sundowning behaviors and creative interventions for behaviors that could limit the utilization of restraint use such as chair alarms, your voice, merry walkers and chemicals. This course is designed to meet those goals.
 Contact Hours: 4 |
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 Target Audience: OT/COTA, PT/PTA, RN |
Instructional Level: Beginner |
Accreditation Information:
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Course Outline
Hour 1
- Current Demographics & Short Definition of Dementia
- Care Cost
- Current Medical & Pharmaceutical Interventions
- Drugs, Dementia Weakness & Superpowers
- Compensatory, Remedial, & Palliative Strategies
- Family Interventions & Caregiver’s Burden
Hour 2
- Lessons & Activities Resources
- Respite, Prevention, Strategies
- Early-Stage Interventions: Reality Orientation, Adult Daycare, Client Support Groups, Behavior, Financial Interventions
Hour 3
- Mid-Stage Intervention: Refusal, Non-Compliance, Social Isolation, Depression
- Mid-Stage Intervention: Paranoia, Sequencing, Light Meal Prep, Activities
- Behavior Analysis
Hour 4
- Late-Stage Interventions: Hoarding, Wandering, Environmental Modification, Elopement
- Late-Stage Interventions: Yelling, Eating Difficulties, Aggression, Intervention, Fall Risks, Sundowning
- End-Stage Intervention: Sensory Processing & Deprivation, Gating, High vs. Low Thresholds
- Stimulate the Senses
- Pain Assessment
- Brushing, Oral Simulation, Deep Joint Compression, Incremental Stimulation Video Lab Demonstrations
Course Goals & Objectives:
Course Goals:
This course is designed to instruct clinicians in the use of non-pharmaceutical and creative interventions for dementia.
Professional Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course the participant will be able to:
- Identify current demographics of dementia in the United States aging population and phenomenology of caregiver burden.
- Define neuroplasticity.
- List three therapeutic strategies used with clients that have dementia.
- Recognize Algase’s Need Driven Behavior Model.
- List three words to describe the long term effects of stress and burden to a caregiver.
- Recognize the most effective substitute for memory loss.
- List early stage dementia issues and utilize one non-pharmaceutical intervention such as a memory book or therapeutic driving assessment.
- List mid stage dementia issues and generate a list of 101 activities to do with an older adult.
- List late stage dementia issues, complete a CAP sheet to determine possible non-pharmaceutical interventions for a case study and propose a plan/short term goals to collect outcomes measures.
- Identify end stage dementia and create an incremental sensory stimulation protocol unique to case study’s occupational and medical profile.
Disclosures:
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Contact Hours: 4 contact hours in length (check your state’s approval status in the state specific course catalog for your profession).
Target Audience: Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapist Assistants, Physical Therapists, Physical Therapist Assistants, Registered Nurses.
Instructional Level: Beginner
This course is offered for 0.40 ASHA CEUs (Beginner level, Professional area).
Personnel Disclosure:
Financial — Heather Goodwin receives royalty payments from HomeCEUConnection.com for the presentation of this course.
Nonfinancial — No relevant nonfinancial relationships exist.
No relevant conflicts of interest exist for any member of the activity planning committee.
Content Disclosure:
This course does not focus solely on any specific product or service.
Authors:
Heather Goodwin, MS, OT/L
Heather Goodwin is a licensed Occupational Therapist with more than ten years of experience specializing in dementia care. She is the CEO and founder of Vital Spark LLC, an occupational therapy and life coaching company, where she provides therapy consulting services and clinical education for health care practitioners on dementia care. She also works clinically as an Occupational Therapist in Home Care and Sub Acute Rehab/Long-Term Care.
Ms. Goodwin earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Occupational Therapy from the University of New Hampshire-Durham and a master's degree in Occupational Therapy from San Jose State University, where her thesis project focused on clinical education for nurse assistants in dementia care. In addition, she participated in an independent study at Stepping Stones, a member run community program for clients with acquired brain injury. She is currently an active member of the American Occupational Therapy Association, the New Hampshire Occupational Therapy Association (NHOTA), and the Allen Cognitive Network, and served as chair of the Mental Health Special Interest Section for the NHOTA.
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