Brevard Alzheimer’s Foundation’s Dementia Specific Curriculum meets all Florida Department of Elder Affairs standards as required by Florida Statute 58A-5.0191.
Brevard Alzheimer’s Foundation is approved to train and certify staff working in Nursing Homes, Hospice, and Adult Day Care (ADC AD 9768, 9812) until September 09, 2024.
Curriculum includes narrated slides and brief “Check your knowledge” quizzes after each module.
“ALZ1 Training” curriculum objectives:
- Distinguish between normal aging and memory loss
- Identify the characteristics of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias and
- Communicate effectively with individuals who are living with dementia
For course completion certificate, you must click “COMPLETE” on each slide AND pass the post-test with at least an 80%.
For questions, be sure to utilize our live instructor located on the bottom right of the screen or click the “instructor” tab for additional contact methods. Available 8:00am to 5:00pm Monday-Friday.
Course Features
- Lectures 55
- Quizzes 4
- Duration 10 weeks
- Skill level All levels
- Students 55
- Certificate Yes
- Assessments Self
- Introduction
- Module 1: Overview of the Dementias
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 03. Module 1: Overview of the Dementias
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 04. Normal Aging Memory Changes
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 05. 3 D’s of Mental Illness in Older Adults
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 06. Depression
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 07. Delirium
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 08. Dementia Not a Disease
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 09. Dementia Umbrella
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 10. Alzheimer’s Disease
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 11. Vascular Dementia
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 12. Lewy Body Dementia
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 13. Parkinson’s Disease
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 14. Frontotemporal Dementia
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 15. Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 16. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 17. Alzheimer’s is a Disease
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 18. The Amazing Brain
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 19. Neuron
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 20. The Amazing Brain
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 21. Diseased Brain
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 22. Beta-Amyloid and Tau
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 23. Tangles and Plaques
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 24. Stages of Alzheimer’s Disease
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 25. Affect on Caregivers
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 26. Reisberg Deterioration Scale for Stages of Alzheimer’s Disease – Early Stages
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 27. Reisberg Deterioration Scale for Stages of Alzheimer’s Disease – Progressed Stages
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 28. A Comparison: Global Deterioration Scale Stages of Alzheimer’s Disease
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 29. Module 1 – Check Your Knowledge
- Module 2: Communication
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 30. Module 2: Communication
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 31. Communication
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 32. Verbal Communication
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 33. Non-Verbal Communication
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 34. Pain Assessment
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 35. Possible Pain Indicators
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 36. Persons Living with Dementia May
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 37. Communicating with a Person Living with Dementia – Early Stages
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 38. Communicating with a Person Living with Dementia – Middle Stages
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 39. Communicating with a Person Living with Dementia – Late Stages
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 40. Touch with Care
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 41. General Communication Guidelines
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 42. Exterior Noise
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 43. Word Processing
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 44. How Alzheimer’s Disease Affects Communication – Aphasia & Amnesia
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 45. How Alzheimer’s Disease Affects Communication – Agnosia & Apraxia
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 46. Quote on Reductionism
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 47. Emotions
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 48. Reminiscence
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 49. Ways to Encourage Reminiscing
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 50. Items that Promote Reminiscing
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 51. Validation
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 52. Examples of Validating a Person’s Feelings
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 53. Things to Avoid
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 54. Cares Approach
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 55. Connect with Person
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 56. Module 2 – Check Your Knowledge
- Alzheimer’s 1. Slide 57. References
- Quiz
