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Todays competitive care environment demands quality care. And the key to providing that care is a well-trained and motivated staff. Thats why care organizations throughout Georgia turn to the Alzheimers Training Institute (ATI). They know they can count on the Institute to provide the knowledge and skills their employees need to build a reputation for quality care and improve family satisfaction.
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course descriptions:
Understanding Behaviors: Behaviors are responses to how persons with dementia are feeling and experiencing their world. The Cues and Clues Model in this session introduces an effective way to evaluate and respond to behaviors. (2 hours) Enhancing Mealtime: Provides ways to assess and address challenging mealtime situations, encourage independence, and help make mealtimes more pleasant. (2 hours) Understanding Wandering: Offers information on how to identify residents at risk for wandering as well as the difference between safe and unsafe wandering; strategies to promote safe wandering, and the use of the REACT method to respond to a missing person. (2 hours) Reducing Pain: Pain is often mistaken for severe behavior problems. This class covers strategies to identify, respond to, report, reduce, and prevent pain in individuals living with dementia. (2 hours) Reducing Risks of Falls: This session helps professional caregivers identify factors that put an individual at risk for falls, including environmental factors. It covers the benefits of maintaining mobility and the components of a falls incident report. (2 hours) Activity Programming for People with Dementia: Proven techniques and tools for activity directors and certified nursing assistants to maximize the level of participation and enjoyment of people with dementia. (4 hours) End of Life Care: This program focuses on communication with individuals and families, assessment and care for physical and behavioral symptoms, emotional and spiritual support, and family participation in end of life care. (4 hours) Making Connections: Learning the difference between social and physical needs, and the importance of engaging and interacting with residents to connect them to one another provides a way for the professional caregiver to help residents feel good about themselves though having a sense of purpose. (2 hours) Promoting Restraint-Free Care: This class covers what is meant by restraints, the consequences of using them, and possible alternatives for keeping a person safe. Describing the physical and emotional experience of people in restraints will give the professional caregiver greater understanding and ideas for finding another way. (2 hours)
In-Service Training and Consulting Services are available on an hourly fee basis. Specialized course packages may also be designed to meet the unique needs of individual organizations. For more information, call your local office of the Alzheimers Association, Georgia Chapter at 1-800-272-3900.