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Alzheimer’s Disease: Stages And Strategies For Care

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Topics: Elder Care, Dementia, Alzheimers, Caregivers

Audience: Professional Counselors, Social Workers, Psychologists, Play Therapists, Marriage & Family Therapists (MFT)

1 CE Hours
Alzheimer’s Disease: Stages And Strategies For Care On-demand Course
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Jennifer L. FitzPatrick

MSW, LCSW-C, CSP

Elder Care Expert

Author, Intructor, Media Contributor

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Jennifer L. FitzPatrick, MSW, LCSW-C, CSP is the author of Cruising Through Caregiving: Reducing The Stress of Caring For Your Loved One, the founder of Jenerations Health Education, Inc. and a gerontology instructor at Johns Hopkins University.  A popular media contributor, she has been featured on ABC, CBS, Sirius XM and in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, The Washington Post and The Chicago Tribune.

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Course Overview

Via recorded webinar
Course Description:
Alzheimer’s disease is typically a lengthy illness with three stages. The early, middle and late stages all involve memory and judgment problems as well as communication and physical challenges. Stage specific interventions for responding to a client’s cognitive and functional deficits as well as supportive strategies for caregivers will be presented during this interactive webinar. Also covered will be how to more effectively communicate with persons who have dementia. Participants will better understand dementia and how to serve clients in the early, middle and late stages of Alzheimer’s disease.
Original recording date: June 29, 2020  Length: 62 minutes
Learning Objectives:
Upon the completion of this course, participants will be able to:
  • Describe the differences between the 3 stages of Alzheimer’s disease
  • Discuss at least 2 strategies for working with clients experiencing each stage
  • List at least 2 resources to support family caregivers
    Alzheimer's Association. 2020 Alzheimer's disease facts and figures. Alzheimers Dement 2020; 16: 391– 460.

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    Cantone, D., Attena, F., Cerrone, S., Fabozzi, A., Rossiello, R., Spagnoli, L., Pelullo, P. (2019). Lying to patients with dementia: Attitudes versus behaviours in nurses. Nursing Ethics. 26(4):984-992.

    FitzPatrick, J. (2016) Cruising Through Caregiving: Reducing The Stress of Caring For Your Loved One. Greenleaf Book Group.

    Portacolone, E., Johnson, J., Covinsky, K., Halpern, J., & Rubinstein, R., (2018) The effects and meanings of receiving a diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer’s disease when one lives alone. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 61, 1517-1529. doi:10.3233/JAD-170723

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