Understanding Dementia and the Role of the Healthcare Professional
Webcast
OVERVIEW
Understanding Dementia and the Role of the Healthcare Professional is organized by University of North Texas (UNT) Health Science Center Continuing Education and will be held during May 03, 2017 - May 03, 2019.
The target audience for this medical event is Interdisciplinary healthcare professionals, RN, LVN, LNFA, SW, LPC, and Home Health Caregivers in 3 types of care settings: facility-based staff, home health caregivers, and primary care physician office staff. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 1.00 CNE Contact hours.
Conference Description :
Dementia can be caused by nearly forty different diseases and conditions. Currently there are four clinical dementia syndromes accounting for 90% of all cases of progressive cognitive impairment. The four common diseases have different clinical characteristics and diagnostic criteria for each of them.
This program is the first in a three part series that will address deficiencies in healthcare professional knowledge/competence related to Alzheimer’s disease, dementia and the role of the Healthcare Professional. This first video focuses on differentiating hallmark clinical signs of dementia and the best diagnostic and assessment criteria. This video also addresses the role of healthcare team members beyond a basic diagnosis
Learning Outcome:
This activity will give the nurse a more in depth understanding of the four most common types of dementia; disclosing of a diagnosis; changes/progression of disease; agreed treatment and disease management; professional care options and educating, engaging and helping families/caregivers with the day to day struggles they face while caring for loved ones.
Conference Objectives are :
• Identify hallmark characteristics of the main types of dementia; Alzheimer’s disease, Vascular Dementia, Lewy-Body Dementia, Frontotemporal Dementia, and Mixed Dementia;
• Review the newest diagnostic guidelines for dementia;
• Explore the practical use of assessment scales in the domains of cognition, function, behavior, quality of life and depression in dementia;
• Examine person-centered communication skills with patients and clients when delivering “bad news” and working with cultural differences; and
• Locate reliable sources of information to further professional education in dementia and to refer patients and clients for support in dementia care.
Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.
The target audience for this medical event is Interdisciplinary healthcare professionals, RN, LVN, LNFA, SW, LPC, and Home Health Caregivers in 3 types of care settings: facility-based staff, home health caregivers, and primary care physician office staff. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 1.00 CNE Contact hours.
Conference Description :
Dementia can be caused by nearly forty different diseases and conditions. Currently there are four clinical dementia syndromes accounting for 90% of all cases of progressive cognitive impairment. The four common diseases have different clinical characteristics and diagnostic criteria for each of them.
This program is the first in a three part series that will address deficiencies in healthcare professional knowledge/competence related to Alzheimer’s disease, dementia and the role of the Healthcare Professional. This first video focuses on differentiating hallmark clinical signs of dementia and the best diagnostic and assessment criteria. This video also addresses the role of healthcare team members beyond a basic diagnosis
Learning Outcome:
This activity will give the nurse a more in depth understanding of the four most common types of dementia; disclosing of a diagnosis; changes/progression of disease; agreed treatment and disease management; professional care options and educating, engaging and helping families/caregivers with the day to day struggles they face while caring for loved ones.
Conference Objectives are :
• Identify hallmark characteristics of the main types of dementia; Alzheimer’s disease, Vascular Dementia, Lewy-Body Dementia, Frontotemporal Dementia, and Mixed Dementia;
• Review the newest diagnostic guidelines for dementia;
• Explore the practical use of assessment scales in the domains of cognition, function, behavior, quality of life and depression in dementia;
• Examine person-centered communication skills with patients and clients when delivering “bad news” and working with cultural differences; and
• Locate reliable sources of information to further professional education in dementia and to refer patients and clients for support in dementia care.
Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.
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NeurologyPsychiatry
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