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Discusses the epidemiology, pathophysiology and pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. Reviews the current recommended criteria for diagnosis and provides an overview of suggested neuroimaging diagnostic techniques. Reviews the most recent treatment options and management planning, including psychosocial intervention. Reviews current research and clinical trials investigating treatment, genetic influences, origins and mechanisms of the disease.
Discusses the epidemiology, pathophysiology and pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. Reviews the current recommended criteria for diagnosis and provides an overview of suggested neuroimaging diagnostic techniques. Reviews the most recent treatment options and management planning, including psychosocial intervention. Reviews current research and clinical trials investigating treatment, genetic influences, origins and mechanisms of the disease.
Presents an overview of the pathogenesis of macular degeneration, its epidemiology and the various genetic factors involved. Discusses both neovascular and non-neovascular forms, along with non-age related macular degeneration (Best disease) and the currently recognized risk factors involved. Provides an overview of the most recent diagnostic procedures. Discusses current treatment options and the most recent studies involving immune system and neuroprotective strategies, surgical options, and stem cell transplants.
Through five short trigger scenarios involving assistance for a person living with dementia, this DVD presents care situations that will open up discussion on how best to provide resident-specific support and assistance. Each brief scenario is designed to demonstrate the impact of a caregiver's tone, actions, and level of sensitivity to the resident's needs. This up-close-and-personal look at caregiving will give caregivers a chance to dissect and analyze how they provide care, and foster a deeper understanding of how to interact positively with persons living with dementia.
Falls among older residents and other at-risk residents are very common. This program will cover the importance of making a risk assessment for each person in your care, and a risk assessment of the environment at the facility.
This program updated with a new look and feel - that can help you and your institution meet the Joint Commission's National Patient Safety Goals for Long Term Care.
After completing this course, the learner should be able to:
Identify the seven crucial screening factors that must be assessed to determine a resident's level of fall risk.
Conduct a thorough risk assessment of the environment throughout the facility.
Accurately identify which patients are at risk for trips and falls in a facility.
Educate at risk residents and their family members about the specific risk factors associated with their condition, and review strategies to minimize them.
Utilize a variety of tools and techniques to minimize fall risk in the resident environment.
Falls are associated with increased morbidity and mortality, especially for those over 65. This program provides nurses and other healthcare providers with information about the wide variety of preventative strategies and products that can be used to reduce the risk of injury from falls.
This program updated with a new look and feel - that can help you and your institution meet the Joint Commission's National Patient Safety Goals for Long Term Care.
After completing this course, the learner should be able to:
Identify the risk or level of risk for residents
Implement preventative strategies and nursing procedures to reduce the risk of falls for residents
Utilize a wide range of tools and products designed to prevent falls and protect residents from fall-related injuries.
Falls are associated with increased morbidity and mortality, especially for those over 65. This program will describe creating a comprehensive fall reduction program. In addition, the steps to make to a post-fall report will be provided.
This program updated with a new look and feel - that can help you and your institution meet the Joint Commission's National Patient Safety Goals for Long Term Care.
After completing this course, the learner should be able to:
Identify the purpose and duties of a fall prevention committee
Explain the importance of defining risk assessment policies and procedures within the facility
Describe the importance of defining fall prevention protocols, educating fellow staff members and monitoring the effectiveness of protocols once they have been put in place
Outline important points to cover in a post-fall assessment and root cause analysis
When a resident won't sit long enough to eat, or insists on leaving, or wanders into potentially unsafe areas - what do you do?
This 20-minute DVD will help. Using real people and real situations, it offers thought-provoking insights into wandering behavior, and shows effective examples of providing person-centered care to residents who wander or insist on leaving. It also shows how an interdisciplinary approach to understanding and adjusting care to each resident's specific needs can promote independence and safety, and identifies environmental cues that can help deter wandering into unsafe or private areas (such as, another resident's room).
Includes strategies for:
Working with residents who wander at night
Working with residents who keep leaving the building
Working with residents who move items or get into things
Caregivers will be inspired to find creative, flexible ways to redirect and engage persons who wander or want to leave.
Learn how person-centered care can positiviely impact each day for persons with dementia...
This DVD shows how to make a hands-on shift to person-centered dementia care that engages the whole person and creates a support system based on each resident's needs and preferences.
From natural wake-ups to music therapy, the DVD looks at the benefits of involving residents in their care as much as possible, finding ways to help them to "continue" living life the way they prefer, and engaging them in personalized activities that boost self-esteem and interaction. It also empowers nursing assistants to act upon (and communicate to other team members) their first-hand knowledge of each resident to ensure a better understanding of their care needs.
Learn strategies to help resolve family conflicts. Empower families to be involved in their parent's care even from a distance. Mom or money? Learn how to help families come to terms with circumstances they will live with forever. Second and third spouses, oh my! Discover ways to help blended families work together for the common good of the family.
Learn how to develop exceptional care plans that will provide the outcomes your client expects. Get positive client outcomes with proven techniques to ensure your care plans are implemented as intended. Learn to engage clients, families, and service providers in the plan for more effective results.
Discover research, evaluation & networking methods to develop a database of resources. Learn what every GCM needs to know about Medicare & Medicaid. Understand how to ensure you are recommending the right service for each client's unique situation. Gain insight into the skills needed to build successful relationships with targeted professionals to enhance your ability to serve your client.
"Who is this person - without dementia? If we can tap into who this person is, we can help their adjustment, and the process that they go through." - from the DVD
Through hands-on stories and examples, this chaptered DVD shows the positive impact of person-centered care. When caregivers meet persons with dementia "where they are" and find creative and engaging ways to connect with each individual, based on their needs and preferences, life is better for both residents and staff.
The DVD includes the case study of Elaine, a resident who, for extended periods of time, attempts to leave the facility and go home. By pinpointing the importance of knowing the resident, it shows how her "exit-seeking" behavior is addressed and managed in the context of who she is and what she needs at that particular time.
The DVD also shows how to make life richer for the residents who have dementia by
Overview of federal government's new food icon, MyPlate (which replaced MyPyramid). Offers advice on how to use MyPlate to "build" a healthy plate. Provides specific tips, geared toward older adults, on how to include more vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and dairy in diet. Also explains the specific benefits of good nutrition for older adults.
This DVD presents the real-life case of 96-year-old Miss Mary, who was financially exploited and later, sexually assaulted by her grandson. Miss Mary had been living with her grandson and his wife for five years during which financial abuse took place. Then, one evening, when his wife was out, the grandson sexually abused Miss Mary for several hours, leaving her bruised from head to toe.
After the attack and hopitalization, Miss Mary was placed in a nursing home under the name "Jane Doe" for safety reasons. Miss Mary's family refused to believe her and refused to support her; her primary social interactions were with staff and resisdnts of the nursing home, and the advocates she met after the assault. However, Miss Mary retained her strength of character, and fully participated in the subsequent trial and prosecution of her grandson.
Through interviews with Miss Mary, various professionals involved in investigating and trying the case, and with victim advocates who helped Miss Mary, the DVD reveals some of the dynamics involved in this case, and how it was successfully brought to trial and prosecution.
This program describes the importance of recognizing elder abuse, both assist in the patient's continuing care and to avoid legal implications.
After completing this course, the learner should be able to:
Describe types and signs of elder abuse.
Identify factors that put elders at risk of becoming abused.
Identify factors that put caregivers at risk of becoming abusive.
Describe the steps that should be taken if elder abuse is suspected.
Identify when reporting is necessary, and how and where to report suspected abuse.
This culture-changing DVD demonstrates (though real interactions) how person-centered care and knowledge of the resident can reduce dementia-related episodes, such as, sundowning and aggressive-protective reactions when bathing, and wanting to leave.
As it pinpoints the crucial role of the CAN as caregiver and friend, it also shows the importance of communicating directly, and creating a true "relationship" with persons with dementia. Caregivers will learn valuable tips to redirect and lessen anxieties for persons with dementia while preserving their personal autonomy and dignity.
This two-part DVD presents a compassionate, yet realistic portrait of the many issues faced by persons with dementia, (and their caregivers) when a decision has to be made about giving up driving.
Part One
Stories shows the real stories of five persons with dementia, and the impact that no longer being safe to drive makes on the autonomy and self-esteem of the person with dementia, as well as, the effects on family relationships and life styles. The stories are four to eleven minutes long, and put a human face on how it feels to be told that you can no longer drive, and how it feels to be a caregiver in this emotionally-charged process.
Part Two
Related Issues includes helpful insights from healthcare and driving safety professionals on how Alzheimer's affects driving ability, how to initiate the conversation about driving cessation, transportation options, and what healthcare specialists can do to help facilitate the situation for both the person with dementia and the caregiver.
This follow-up DVD to More Than a Thousand Tomorrows (the story of Betty and Everett Jordan's struggle with Alzheimer's Disease) deals with the tough decision of nursing home placement, and how the Jordan family struggled with that decision.
In this DVD, Is it the Right Time? The Nursing Home Decision, several of Everett and Betty's children participate in a social worker-facilitated discussion of how that decision was made and how the communication regarding the decision might have been better handled. Their frank and honest questions and answers shed light on the importance of keeping open the lines of family communication around the timing of this very emotional and difficult decision.
Family and friends go through many emotions when a loved one is diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease or dementia. Often, family and friends do not know where to turn to learn more about the problems and have no one to talk to. Support groups are places where people can come together to discuss feelings, learn more about the disease, and exchange thoughts and ideas. This course focuses on support group structure, membership, and resources.
After completing this activity, the participant should be able to:
1. describe the role of healthcare professionals in a support group for AD and dementia.
2. identify the membership of support groups for AD and dementia.
3. list strategies to overcome excuses that family members commonly express to avoid support group involvement.
4. describe the various activities/discussions at typical support group meetings.
5. explain advocacy activities in which advanced support groups become involved.
6. discuss outside resources that can aid in creating family support groups