Alzheimer’s Disease & Dementia: A Practical Guide
$39.00
Introductory
Online
Course Abstract
Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia: A Practical Guide is a 3-hour online continuing education (CE) course that offers healthcare professionals a basic foundation in Alzheimer’s disease prevention, diagnosis, and risk management.
This course offers practical information to aid healthcare professionals as they interact with clients who are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Dementias other than Alzheimer’s disease will be referenced when information about their specific symptoms or treatment is discussed.
We start by considering the differences between typical or “normal” aging and signs indicative of Alzheimer’s disease. This is followed by a review of the criteria necessary to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease and the available evaluations for testing cognition and biomarkers. In section two, we consider the possible risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease, such as traumatic brain injury, Down syndrome, cardiovascular risks, environmental factors, and lifestyle factors.
Section three offers insight into new developments in the study and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias and provides information regarding reputable sources for further information.
The difficulties caregivers experience are discussed in section four and strategies for supporting those caregivers are provided. Section five presents practical guidance for caring for a person with Alzheimer’s disease, including daily care activities, keeping the person safe, and unwanted behaviors.
Section six reviews prevention and compensation strategies to help people protect their cognitive health as they age. This includes modifiable risk factors that have the potential to reduce the prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease. A special section on protecting our elders from scams is also provided.
Outline
- Introduction
- Section 1: Alzheimer’s, the Disease
- Section 2: Who is at Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease?
- Section 3: Clinical Research
- Section 4: Caregivers and their Struggles – How to Support Them
- Section 5: Practical Guide for Alzheimer’s Disease Care
- Section 6: Prevention and Compensation for Aging Cognition
- Section 7: Scams and Reputable Resources
- Conclusion
Course #31-50 | 2023 | 65 pages | 20 posttest questions
Learning Objectives
- Describe the three stages of Alzheimer’s disease progression
- Identify five tests for evaluating cognition in the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia
- List three risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease and dementia
- Describe three strategies for caregiver support
- List five practical strategies for giving appropriate care
- Identify three strategies to prevent Alzheimer’s disease and dementia
Course Directions
This online course provides instant access to the course materials (PDF download) and CE test. The course is text-based (reading) and the CE test is open-book (you can print the test to mark your answers on it while reading the course document).
Successful completion of this course involves passing an online test (80% required, 3 chances to take) and we ask that you also complete a brief course evaluation.
About the Author(s)
CE Information
Counseling
Professional Development Resources (PDR) has been approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5590. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. PDR is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Professional Development Resources is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635 - all courses are reported within two business days of completion). Professional Development Resources, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors (#MHC-0135 - Note: New York counselors will receive 3 continuing education credits for completing this self-study course).
Marriage and Family Therapy
Professional Development Resources is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Professional Development Resources maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Professional Development Resources is also approved by the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC ACEP #5590); the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB #1046, ACE Program); the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists (#MFT-0100 - Note: New York MFTs will receive 3 continuing education credit(s) for completing this self-study course); the Texas Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists (#114); and is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635 - all courses are reported within two business days of completion).
Nutrition and Dietetics
Alzheimer’s Disease & Dementia: A Practical Guide awards 3 CPEUs in accordance with the Commission on Dietetic Registration’s CPEU Prior Approval Program (Activity #179077 | Performance Indicators: 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3 | End Date: 4/18/2027).
Professional Development Resources is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635 - all courses are reported within two business days of completion).
Occupational Therapy
Professional Development Resources is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. Course approval ID #7888 | End date: 9/5/2028. This distance learning-independent course is offered at 0.3 CEUs, introductory level, OT Service Delivery/Foundational Knowledge]. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.
Professional Development Resources is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635 - all courses are reported within two business days of completion).
Psychology
Professional Development Resources is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Professional Development Resources maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Professional Development Resources is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635 - all courses are reported within two business days of completion). Professional Development Resources, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists (#PSY-0145).
School Psychology
Professional Development Resources is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Professional Development Resources maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Professional Development Resources is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635 - all courses are reported within two business days of completion). Professional Development Resources, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists (#PSY-0145).
Speech Language Pathology
Introductory Level | 0.3 ASHA CEUs | ASHA credit is available until 07/31/2028. ASHA CEUs are awarded by the ASHA CE Registry upon receipt of the monthly completion report from the ASHA Approved CE Provider (#AAUM5183). Please note that the date that appears on ASHA transcripts is the last day of the month in which the course was completed.
Professional Development Resources is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635 - all courses are reported within two business days of completion).
ASHA CE Provider approval and use of the Brand Block does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedures.
Social Work
Professional Development Resources, #1046, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 6/12/2022 - 6/12/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 3 clinical continuing education credits.
Professional Development Resources is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635 - all courses are reported within two business days of completion). Professional Development Resources, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers (#SW-0664 - Note: New York social workers will receive 3 continuing education credit(s) for completing this self-study course). Professional Development Resources is also approved by the Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners (#5678).
Teaching
Professional Development Resources is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Professional Development Resources maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Professional Development Resources is also approved by the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC ACEP #5590); the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB #1046, ACE Program); the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA #3159); the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR #PR001); the Alabama State Board of Occupational Therapy; the Arizona Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners; the Florida Boards of Social Work, Mental Health Counseling, and Marriage and Family Therapy (#BAP346), Psychology & School Psychology (#50-1635), Dietetics & Nutrition (#50-1635), and Occupational Therapy Practice (#34); the Georgia State Board of Occupational Therapy; the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors (#MHC-0135), licensed marriage and family therapists (#MFT-0100), and licensed social workers (#SW-0664); the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage & Family Therapist Board (#RCST100501); the South Carolina Board of Professional Counselors & MFTs (#193); the Texas Board of Examiners of Marriage & Family Therapists (#114) and State Board of Social Worker Examiners (#5678); and is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635 - all courses are reported within two business days of completion).
Customer Testimonials
I thoroughly enjoyed this course! The information was up-to-date. It was concise and informative. I enjoyed the information provided for management of behaviors AD patient's exhibit and strategies for caregivers!
The course was excellent
I found this CEU opportunity to be thorough, well organized, and easy to read and understand. The information provided is contemporary and useful. I appreciate the aspects of assessment, counseling and intervention planning that are included in the resource. I would recommend this CEU opportunity.
Thank you for the informative and helpful article. Everything I’ve read from PDR is quality and applicable to my work in an acute care hospital.
The information is clear and well-organized. It is easy to read and offers some good insight into the disease and the disease process.
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Great information. I will be using it both professionally and personally.
This course was really helpful as my husband has signs of cognitive decline and this provided a very good framework for me. I have spent the last 33 years working with children, so I very much appreciate this course! Thank you.
You created a course that made me want to keep learning.
Great course with usable recommendations and strategies. Thank you for including me in this pilot study.
Great course. Well written and easy to understand. Learned a great deal.
Great course! Up to date and informative!
Appreciated the emphasis that screening should not be the end point in assessing Alzheimer's Disease, but should include comprehensive medical and cognitive testing.
Good level of detail presented in the class.
This was a very easy to navigate course. This thematic is crucial for clinicians since we will all grow old. The substance of this course was well executed with vast information and very detail oriented; which it is vital for signs identification, and strategizing. Once again PDR did it with a wonderful and up to date informative course! Please continue to elaborate more like this one.
Excellent course!!! I have learned much more than I thought I would. I have learned information that I can use right now as I age into the next stage of my life.
Course was very thorough, but organized and written in such a way that was very understandable.
Thanks PDR for another great course! It is well written and referenced, and comprehensive. Interesting and enjoyable.
Well written course with updated information and resources. Great tools provided for caregiver education to manage the behaviors that patients with AD exhibit.
Well Done! Great resource in my counseling practice and for me personally (age 69).
This was a good course - great balance between practical and theoretical.
As a daughter of a father who has Alzheimer's disease, I found this course extremely helpful and informative.
Thank you for the course. I wanted to take it as an update but also know multiple caregivers. The information in this course is helpful adnd I will be able to provide them concise information. Many are counselors already, but this is a great review for people who have a loved one or neighbors, etc who are going through this.
This course is useful both in working with patients and older family members.
Another excellent course. The information was concise, well organized, and easy to integrate into my prior understanding of cognitive decline. It will be helpful in my practice and personal challenges with elderly parents. Well done.
I really enjoyed this course. It was so well written and organized. It was so nice to have all the additional links within the course as well. Thank you for this option as a CEU.
