Dementia Care: Understanding Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer’s disease is a brain disease that destroys a person’s memory. It affects their ability to do things. The disease causes people to be confused and have trouble remembering. The care for people with Alzheimer’s is different for every person. Each person will need more care as they age. This course presents things about Alzheimer’s disease that you need to know. It suggests ways to care for people with Alzheimer’s disease.
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Course Code: REL-PAC-0-DCUAD
Hours: 0.5
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2025
Learning Objectives:
Describe Alzheimer’s disease.
List 3 ways Alzheimer’s disease changes a person’s behavior and abilities.
Describe ways to care for someone with Alzheimer’s disease.
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: Alzheimer’s Disease
What Is Alzheimer’s Disease?
Warning Signs
Changes in Behaviors
Changes in Abilities
Caring for Someone with Alzheimer’s Disease
Early Stage
Middle Stage
Late Stage
Other Needs
Review
Summary
Section 3: Conclusion
Summary
Course Contributor
References
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Staff Writer: Jennifer W. Burks, M.S.N., R.N.
Jennifer has over 30 years of clinical and teaching experience, and her areas of expertise are critical care and home health. She is certified as an OASIS Specialist- Clinical (COS-C) and is a Curriculum Designer in post-acute care for Relias. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from The University of Virginia in 1993 and her Master of Science in Nursing from The University of North Carolina, Greensboro in 1996. Her professional practice in education is guided by a philosophy borrowed from Florence Nightingale’s Notes on Nursing, “I do not pretend to teach her how, I ask her to teach herself, and for this purpose, I venture to give her some hints.”
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Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.