Live Event
Understanding Different Types of Dementias: Types, Causes & Treatments
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- Topic Areas:
- Behaviors
- Faculty:
- Joanna Frankel
- Course Levels:
- Beginner & Intermediate
- Duration:
- 3 Hours 15 Minutes
- License:
- Not Applicable
- Location:
- Merchant Logo Brightview Shelton - Senior Independent Living, Assisted Living, Memory Care - Shelton, Connecticut
Dates
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Description
Alzheimer’s Disease is the most well-known type of dementia but there are many others that impact both older and younger adults. What can be done to prevent dementia? How can we help families through the devastating diagnosis? Join us for this informative and interactive program to further your understanding of the types, treatments and causes of dementia.
Content Level: Beginner to Intermediate
Program Location and Information: Registration 8:30am Program 9am-12:15pm
Brightview Shelton
30 Beard Sawmill Road
Shelton, CT 06484
Credits
Certified Case Manager
This program has been pre-approved by the Commission for Case Manager Certification to provide continuing education credit to CCM® board certified case managers. The course is approved for 1 CE contact hour(s). Activity code: S00059236 Approval Number 240001306: To claim these CEs, log into your CE Center account at www.ccmcertification.org.*Certificate must be retained for at least one year past the participant’s CCM board certified case manager’s renewal date.
Social Work
Jenerations Health Education, #1494, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Jenerations Health Education maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 01/26/2024-01/26/2027. Social Workers completing this course receive 3 General Social Work continuing education credit.
Faculty
Joanna Frankel Related Seminars and Products
Joanna Frankel is a graduate of Towson University with her Bachelors in both Psychology and Gerontology. Following, Joanna obtained her MSW from the University of Maryland School of Social Work with a clinical concentration and a focus in Aging. Since, Joanna has been working in the long-term care setting for over 15 years. Her experience includes directing the social work department in a 205-bed facility, with clients who have a variety of mental health issues, long term care needs, at end of life, on dialysis and who are ventilator dependent. Additionally, Joanna is passionate about and has expertise in dementia, advance directives/end of life and mental health issues in the elderly. Furthermore, she has spent the last 10 years consulting in several nursing homes, educating social workers on the proper practices of long-term care while providing clinical supervision. Joanna has always educated interdisciplinary teams, patients and families on various topics on aging. When Joanna isn’t working, you can find her playing ball with her husband and 2 boys or at the nearest sushi restaurant.
Learning Objectives
Learning Objectives
- List the symptoms of dementia.
- Identify the different types of dementia and their causes.
- Describe the treatments for the different types of dementia.
- Explain how a diagnosis for each type of dementia can be made
Agenda:
90 minutes: What is dementia? What does reversible/temporary dementia mean and what causes it? What are the types of permanent dementia?
15 minutes: Break
90 minutes: How do we ‘treat’ dementia? What role does the environment play? What are considered “best practices?”
Bibliography & References
Bibliography & References available upon request
Live (Onsite) Programs - FAQ
*Successful completion of this seminar will require attendance for the entire event, signing in & out as well as completion & submission of the evaluation form.
*Certificates distributed upon completion & receipt of evaluation
*Partial credit is not offered
Q: Do you offer ADA Accommodations?
A: Yes! If you are requesting ADA accommodations, please contact us via email at contact@jenerationshealth.com at least two weeks prior to the course date. Requests after that date may not be fulfilled.
Q: What do I do if I have a complaint/grievance?
A: For grievances, contact Jenerations Health Education at 443-416-7710 or contact@jenerationshealth.com.
Location
Merchant Logo Brightview Shelton - Senior Independent Living, Assisted Living, Memory Care
30 Beard Sawmill Road, Shelton, Connecticut 06484, United States
(203) 493-4345
www.brightviewseniorliving.com
(203) 493-4345
www.brightviewseniorliving.com