Sep 24, 2024

Creating HOME: Practical Care Strategies to Calm Anxiety in Individuals with Dementia

9:00 am - 12:15 pm
CEUs: $ 50.00
No CEUs: $ 25.00
3.0 CEUs available for:

  • LSW/LISW/SWA (CSWMFT #: RSX069601)

  • Nurses ​(via reciprocity with the CSWMFT board) 

  • LNHA

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Summary: 

People with brain challenges or dementia often get labeled as being "non compliant" or "aggressive." However, we are understanding, through research, that many elements of the environment and the lack of knowledge of those around the person, are almost certainly contributing to these behaviors if not causing them altogether. This session presents both general best practice techniques and then a practical framework to quickly analyze and de-escalate situations involving persons with brain challenges. It will also provide some guidance to decrease and prevent agitation and anxiety for these individuals in the future.

Objectives:

  • Describe general techniques to de-escalate interactions with individuals with brain challenges.
  • Using the "5 P Approach", identify and implement strategies to both de-escalate situations involving agitation and prevent future challenges.
  • Identify environmental components that increase agitation and decrease agitation in individuals with brain challenges and use this knowledge to set up environments which better meet the needs of such individuals.

About the Speaker: Paula Taliaferro

Paula works part time at the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging as an Outreach & Education Specialist. As such, she has presented over 900 workshops in the last decade. Paula holds a Master's Degree in Gerontology from Scripps Gerontology Center at Miami University and a License in Social Work in the State of Ohio. She is a PAC Approved Trainer under Teepa Snow's Positive Approach to Care. She is developer of the "Aging In Ohio" course which is required of many professionals who work with older adults. In addition, she is one of two developers of the "Fundamentals of Guardianship" course sponsored by the Ohio Supreme Court's Judicial College and she is a Affiliated Trainer with the National Task Group on Intellectual Disabilities and Dementia Practices.

REGISTRATION & CANCELLATION INFORMATION:

​Class sizes are limited, so register early.  Classes with low registrations may be canceled.  If the class is canceled or moved, participants will be contacted via email at least 24 hours in advance.

Classes start and end on time.  To ensure a quality experience for all, please arrive (in-person) at least 15 minutes prior to the class start time.  

SOCIAL WORKERS: CEU credits will be adjusted 0.25 credit hours for every 15 minutes not in attendance; adjusted certificates will be emailed to participants within 3 business days after the training.  LICENSED NURSING HOME ADMINISTRATORS: full participation is expected, no partial credit will be awarded. Hard copies of certificates will be mailed upon request.

Refunds will be make ONLY for cancellations received three business days prior to the event. If received less than three days prior to the event, a credit can be issued for use at another program within the next 6 months. If notice of cancellation is not received before the date of the program, no refund will be issued. PLEASE NOTE: No show will be charged the full registration fee.

It is difficult to control room temperature to everyone's comfort level.  We suggest you dress in layers that can be adaptable to warm and cool temperatures.

For auditing purposes, arrival and departure times and signature are required on attendance sheets.