Education for the Elder Care Professional

Standard Dementia Training

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Dementia Education for ONboarding and Continuing Education

Training that is Engaged, Innovative, and Impactful

The Standard Dementia Training is designed to help onboard your new staff and provide continuing education for your entire team. Each module is designed to provide both lecture and hands on style learning, weaving the importance of caring for the care partner and teamwork into each lesson.

This training is best when approached through an interdisciplinary audience. Nurses learning next to Pastoral Care, next to Administrators next to Life Enrichment, and so on. Volunteers are welcome.

What We Cover

The 8-Hour Training Covers All of the FOllowing Modules, with the 4-Hour Module offering a selection TAILORED to your needs and requirements.

Understanding Dementia

Module 1

What is Dementia? What are the Stages? How does that impact how I need to care for someone?

Communication and Behaviors

Module 2

All behaviors are communication. How do we naviaged challenging communications? How do we best communicate the care we need to provide? How do we navigate a moment when we don’t understand what someone is trying to communicate?

Engagement and Person-Directed Care

Module 3

We are all on the engagement team! What is person-directed care? Why must we look at the person before the disease or care chart information? Are we providing care for our comfort or for their good?

Palliative Care and Pastoral Support

Module 4

What is Palliative Care and Pastoral Support? Why should I care? What is my role in providing this care?

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Care for the Care Team

Module 5

How do I prevent myself from burning out? How do I care for the fellow care partners I work with each shift? How can we work better as a team and improve cross-discipline communication?

Family Support

Module 6

How do I help care for the family and loved ones of our residents and clients? Why should I take the time to care for them? How do I include them in care planning and support? Why might they respond the way they do to both small and large instances?

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Fit for Community

Levels of Depth

8-Hour

  • 8-Hours of In-Person Hands On Training
  • Offers ALL Module Listed Above
  • Pre-Post Tests and Certification
  • Follow up Sessions
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4-Hour

  • 4-Hours of In-Person Hands On Training
  • Select up to 4 Modules Listed Above
  • Post-Test and Certification
  • Follow up Sessions
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Frequently asked questions

8-hour training is $1,987 and 4-hour training is $1,000 plus travel cost if travel is more than 25 miles outside of Milwaukee, WI. Discounted travel costs offered if one or more community within your city works together to book training during the same week.

Cost includes:

  • Pre-Test and Post-Test
  • In-Person training on the day(s) scheduled.
  • Student Handbook
  • Certification upon passing of Post-Test
  • 2-Week follow up call with leadership team
  • 6-Week follow up session with staff trained
  • (Optional) Site Visit pre or post training

Yes, it is designed to fit MOST state requirements and can be adapted to fit the needs of your community within the education framework you are expected to fill. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to start a conversation with me and we work out what you need and how this training fits those needs.

In-Person only. Follow up sessions can take place virtually, however I will only provide training in-person as I strongly believe this is the best and only way we should be training staff in dementia care.

Yes, you only need to cover any travel costs incurred for the training.

I believe that it is the role of the community leadership to provide training in how your community offers training in elder abuse, what it is and how it is handled. I will touch on it briefly and the importance of keeping an eye out for elder abuse within the community.