Setting a Humanistic Framework for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia
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Approved for Florida RNs and LPNs and Social Workers except for NJ Social Workers
MODULE 2
Communicating Creatively, A Multi-Modal Approach to Facilitating Expression, Comprehension, and Retention for Clients with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia
Participants learn the key dynamics of aging & the brain, with an emphasis on the scientific overview of Alzheimer’s & related forms of dementia. Learners are encouraged to practice within a framework in which persons with cognitive deficits are encouraged to make decisions & live fully after diagnosis. This course can empower participants with increased awareness & confidence to engage in advocacy beyond the classroom.
Approved for Certified Case Managers, Florida RNs and LPNs and Social Workers
Participants learn modified communication techniques for the elderly and memoryimpaired, exploring applications of multiple therapeutic modalities for the facilitation of creative expression, comprehension, and retention. This course can empower learners with the tools to connect quickly and effectively with clients throughout the stages of progression.
MODULE 3
Co-Treatment, Bringing the Team Together to Provide a Holistic Approach for the Client Living with Alzheimer’s & You
Participants will identify key players in the client’s treatment team. This course will explore creative approaches to common obstacles to rehabilitation treatment and care processes. Participants will learn teamwork approaches to promote hope, ability, expression, and decrease clinical symptoms of dementia.
MODULE 4
Participants will learn about the integration of therapeutic recreation modalities as interventions within a holistic approach to self care. Participants will discuss therapeutic recreation-based techniques for self care and stress prevention within the framework of self-actualization and flow.
Specific modalities will include: guided mental imagery, the arts, progressive muscle relaxation, and journaling
MODULE 5
Overcoming Apathy: a framework for supporting individuals living with cognitive change
Approved for Certified Case Managers, Florida RNs and LPNs and Social Workers except for NJ Social Workers
MODULE 6
Dodging the tooth fairy later in life: Techniques and practices for a clean, healthy mouth (Presented with House Call Dentists)
Apathy is one of the most common changes in behavior amongst individuals living with Alzheimer's Disease and related dementia, with an approximate prevalence of 80% in clients in facilities and between 27 and 36% in clients living at home. This presentation features evidence-based techniques to support new learning, initiation, and decisionmaking.
Approved for Certified Case Managers, Florida RNs and LPNs and Social Workers except for NJ Social Workers
Dodging the tooth fairy later in life: techniques and practices for a clean, healthy mouth: 70.1% of adults 65 years and older have periodontal disease. Proper oral care is necessary to prevent eating difficulties, digestive problems and infections. This presentation features tips and techniques to support individuals with their ongoing mouth care throughout the aging process.
MODULE 7
Sleeping More Soundly
Learn more about the science of sleep, and strategies to promote it. Do you have a client or loved one spending most of his or her night up instead of sleeping? Are you receiving complaints from aides or care-partners about being unable to rest because they are exhausted after having only short periods of sleep throughout the night? Join us as we discuss four ideas to promote better sleep for an individual living with memory impairment -and you!
MODULE 8
How can older adults engage in life review and make meaning of their legacies when they experience losses in memory? How can they enjoy the benefits of “passing the baton” to the next generation without direct access to the recall of their lessons learned?
Join us as we explore practice techniques for supporting clients and care-partners to balance and benefit from past, present, and future experiences. We’ll highlight opportunities to make connections in the moment and memories to share for a lifetime. Special emphasis will be placed on intergenerational projects and applications supporting connection and legacy-building.
MODULE 9
Walking in the Shoes of the "Wanderer"
Approved for Certified Case Managers, Florida RNs and LPNs and Social Workers except for NJ Social Workers
MODULE 10
Are we relying too heavily on medications to treat distressing behaviors?
Is your client or patient really wandering or is there meaning behind the behavior?
Participants of this course will learn strategies and resources to recognize risk and intervene proactively to meet the needs of clients at risk for "excessive walking," "leaving unattended," and other high-risk behavior related to walking about.
Approved for Certified Case Managers, Florida RNs and LPNs and Social Workers
Participants will discuss common symptoms leading to the prescription of psychotropic medications during transitions of care for persons living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia, as well as social determinants that can impact usage. Participants will explore distressing actions and expressions through the biopsychosocial framework. Four evidence-based, nonpharmacological interventions will be presented.
MODULE 11
Pain and Dementia: What the Research Says and Where Do We Go From Here?
Distress is often linked to untreated pain in persons living with memory impairment. This presentation will explore assessment and treatment strategies to meet the unique needs of individuals living with cognitive change, with an emphasis on non-pharmacological and culturally sensitive treatment modalities.
Therapeutic Engagement and the Healing Process: What the Research Says
Participants will discuss evidence-based recreational modalities to holistically support individuals living with chronic pain in the home, and modalities to positively impact healing and quality of life at home for patients who have undergone orthopedic surgeries. Participants will also explore both in-home and community-based therapeutic recreation resources.
MODULE 13A
Making Connections During Family Celebrations
Approved for Certified Case Managers, Florida RNs and LPNs and Social Workers except for NJ Social Workers
MODULE 13B
Making Connections Across the Distance
Participants will discuss creative strategies for self-care and involving individuals with cognitive change in planning, preparing and celebrating a meaningful event with friends and family. In the spirit of the season, Inspired Memory Care will gift participants with a free take-home activity to share with a client.
Approved for Florida RNs and LPNs and Social Workers except for NJ Social Workers
The negative impacts of isolation are farreaching for all older adults, and can be particularly detrimental to those living with dementia. We will discuss resources and creative strategies for maintaining connection between families, communities, and individuals living with dementia across long-distance care-partnerships.
MODULE 14
Persons Living with Dementia and End of Life Care
Participants will discuss the signs of endstage dementia. Participants will explore the importance of advance directives and the complications of nutrition at the end of life. Participants will gain knowledge of care options for end of life care.
Approved for Certified Case Managers, Florida RNs and LPNs and Social Workers except for NJ Social Workers
MODULE 15
Making Connections through End of Life
Approved for Certified Case Managers, Florida RNs and LPNs and Social Workers except for NJ Social Workers
During this workshop, participants will have the opportunity to explore ways they can support their loved ones or clients through the end of life. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about the concepts of Disenfranchised Grief and Ambiguous Loss. Participants will discuss ways care-partners can make connections through the senses. Participants will explore the use of therapeutic recreation and creative arts-based techniques for connecting family and friends with their loved ones living with dementia at end of life.
MODULE 16
How can we approach the challenges of falls? How do we have a conversation with families about the risk of falls?
Approved
Participants will explore why people fall. Participants will discuss evidenced-based and creative solutions to prevent or minimize falls. Participants will have an open discussion about Fall Risk Assessments and whether they are really working, as well as what they tell us.
MODULE 17
Communication and Aging Sensitivity
Approved
Participants engage in experiential activities and discussion on the ways that our beliefs and feelings change communication and frame our experiences. Participants will explore strategies for building relationships with colleagues and clients. Participants will additionally explore age-related changes to the visual, hearing, taste, and tactile senses commonly experienced by seniors, to understand communication best practices.
MODULE 18
Ambiguous Loss and Grief: Creating hope and meaning through leisure
Approved for Certified Case Managers, Florida RNs and LPNs and Social Workers except for NJ Social Workers
MODULE 19
Play with Purpose: building a therapeutic routine
Participants will explore the meaning of Ambiguous Loss as defined by Pauline Boss and how it differs from other losses. Participants will explore the signs and symptoms of grief, as well as research pertaining to leisure-based coping skills. Participants will receive an ambiguous loss resource guide.
Approved for Certified Case Managers, Florida RNs and LPNs and Social Workers except for NJ Social Workers
Professionals working with individuals living with dementia likely recognize the therapeutic potential of recreation, but creating effective, recreation-based therapeutic routines can be a challenge. Doing so requires creativity, flexibility, and an understanding of how play impacts quality of life. Often, the care and therapy process become rigid and unengaging, leading to resistance. “Playing with purpose,” or creatively embedding strategies into naturally occurring experiences in order to maximize outcomes, can create meaning and develop skillminimizing challenges and conflicts
MODULE 20
Mythbusters: Supporting Care-Partners through Common Misperceptions of Dementia
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Approved for Certified Case Managers, Florida RNs and LPNs and Social Workers except for NJ Social Workers
MODULE 21
Brain Healthy Aging: Maintaining Brain Fitness
Participants will explore common misperceptions of dementia, as well as causes of care-partner burnout. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about evidence-based interventions to support care-partner health and longevity as well as resources to improve care-partners' understanding of dementia, and, in turn, health-related outcomes.
Approved for Certified Case Managers, Florida RNs and LPNs and Social Workers except for NJ Social Workers
Participants will explore ways to maintain optimal brain health and build cognitive reserve. Participants will discuss healthy lifestyle-based strategies including the latest research on nutrition, exercise, and leisure experiences, as well as key differences between age-related cognitive change and dementia. This presentation will also include techniques for supporting colleagues and clients who may be experiencing symptoms of a dementia-related condition.
MODULE 22
Facilitating Expression for Families and Clients Living with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia
In-Person and Online
Approved for Certified Case Managers, Florida RNs and LPNs and Social Workers except for NJ Social Workers
MODULE 23
Understanding Parkinson’s Disease and Supporting Clients to Live Well After Diagnosis
Participants will discuss evidence-based communication strategies and techniques to support individuals living with dementia to express feelings and opinions using preserved strengths and supports.
and Online
Approved for Certified Case Managers, Florida RNs and LPNs and Social Workers except for NJ Social Workers
Participants will learn about specific features of Parkinson’s and discuss strategies on how to live well with the symptoms. This presentation will explore evidence-based, non-pharmacological treatments for Parkinson’s Disease. It features key resources and accessible programs to share with clients to support their continued engagement with interests, passions, and goals.
MODULE 24
Reserve a Dining Experience for ME!
Approved for Certified Case Managers, Florida RNs and LPNs and Social Workers except for NJ Social Workers
MODULE 25
Role of Care Management in preventing institutionalization and maintaining health in those living with a physical disability and cognitive impairment
Across multiple cultures, breaking bread is a ritual that keeps us connected. With a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease or related dementia and other age-related comorbidities, an individual may experience both a literal and figurative loss of “a seat at the table,” affecting quality of life and relationships for all involved. Are we creating an optimal dining experience in our homes or communities for our clients/residents? Join us as we discuss strategies for creating a positive “dining experience.”
Join Independence Care System (ICS) and Inspired Memory Care (IMC) to learn predictors of institutionalization and evidencebased frameworks for supporting clients living with multiple comorbidities to remain healthy and in their communities. Participants will explore and discuss the roles of Care Management and a Health Home in supporting members with high risk to live safe and fulfilling lives at home. The presenters will share two case studies to highlight how these systems can collaborate.
MODULE 26
Is a Physical Therapist useful when supporting individuals living with cognitive change?
Approved for Florida RNs and LPNs and Social Workers
for NJ Social Workers
MODULE 27
Is it possible for an individual living with cognitive change to benefit from this service? Join us as we discuss how Physical Therapy can support your client/resident in living well Physical therapists are movement experts who design exercise programs for people with a variety of health conditions including memory conditions. Physical therapists offer opportunities for creative exercise programs for mobility. PTs can also support carepartners in assessing homes for safety to support freedom of movement for the client/resident. Presenters will share 3 case studies to highlight how physical therapy can be utilized creatively to support independence and mobility.
Is an Occupational Therapist (OT) useful when supporting individuals living with cognitive impairments? (Presented with Jack Dumsa OT/R) OTs are often an underutilized resource. Join us as we share how an OT can support your clients/residents with their daily living skills and facilitate a calm environment to minimize disorientation. OTs provide strategies for family and care partners to maximize safety and independence.
Approved for Florida RNs and LPNs and Social Workers except for NJ Social Workers
MODULE 28
Is a Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) useful in supporting an individual living with cognitive change?
Approved for Florida RNs and LPNs and Social Workers except for NJ Social Workers
MODULE 29
Dance Movement Therapy (DMT) and Art Therapy
Participants discuss how an SLP can support a person with dementia to eat safely and communicate effectively. An SLP has expertise and can offer strategies on language, communication, information processing, memory, as well as eating, drinking and swallowing guidelines. Presenters will share two case studies to highlight how a speech language pathologist may be a support to your client/resident.
Approved for Florida RNs and LPNs and Social Workers except for NJ Social Workers
Join us for this interactive, and fun experience as we learn about the evidence-base for the utilization of Dance Movement Therapy (DMT) and Art Therapy with clients living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia. DMT has been effective in stimulating social interaction, enhancing mood, reducing anxiety and depressive symptoms. Art Therapy has some effect in improving the attention and orientation of individuals living with memory impairment. Learn resources to bring these two important modalities to your clients.
Enhanced Environments:
Supporting individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia through the addition of nature-based therapies
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Risk and Resilience during Dementia
The natural environment can have a profound effect on individuals living with dementia and their partners in care. Join us to explore the evidence behind and resources for nature-based therapies like horticultural therapy, animal-assisted therapy, nature meditation, and involvement in environmental preservation activities.
Risk and resilience in dementia care are complex and interwoven concepts, and can vary from culture-to-culture. Join us as we explore recent studies and shared perspectives about creating meaning and hope for individuals, couples, and families (including chosen families) touched by Alzheimer's disease and related dementia.
MODULE 32
“Have they always been this way?”
MODULE 33
A Guide to Transitions:
Participants will explore how disinhibition and confabulation can affect care-partner dynamics. The presenters will share practical, non-pharmacological approaches to working through these challenges, which can improve interactions within the care-partner dyad and minimize conflict.
Participants will learn strategies for supporting care-partners to work through decisions surrounding additional care. Presenters will share strategies for framing conversations regarding support services or transitions with an individual living with cognitive change to enhance autonomy and acceptance. Many care-partners experience guilt when making the transition to long term care. Presenters will share case examples of supporting a client/resident through the distress of “I want to go home!”
MODULE 34
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and Cognitive Impairment
Approved for Florida RNs and LPNs and Social Workers except for NJ Social Workers
MODULE 35
Montessori Principles: Do they support persons living with dementia?
This module is co-presented with Rachael Stacom, NP, the Senior Vice President of Clinical Programs and Population Health at Independence Care System (ICS), a New York State Medicaid Health Home and Care Management Organization that specializes in caring for people with physical disabilities. Rachael also practices at the BronxCare Health System Multiple Sclerosis Center. It is estimated that 65% of persons living with Multiple Sclerosis are also living with cognitive impairment The presenters will explore how MS can affect different parts of an individual’s brain, resulting in different cognitive symptoms. Presenters will share interventions for supporting clients with cognitive concerns to enhance their quality of life, as well as the latest research surrounding cognitive leisure and brain training.
Approved for Florida RNs and LPNs and
Participants will learn how using Montessori principles can provide care and support to persons living with dementia to enhance the quality of life and sense of belonging to their community. Participants will understand the importance of establishing routines and roles through repetition and practice, allowing a person living with dementia the freedom to make their own choices. Presenters will share case examples of supporting individuals living with dementia through creating an environment that provides sustained life enrichment, engaging handson materials, and supporting the person’s abilities and level of independence.
MODULE 36
Dementia: Balancing
Sexual Expression and Risk of Harm
Approved for Certified Case Managers, Florida RNs and LPNs and Social Workers
MODULE 37
Distressing Behaviors
Managed Utilizing Nonpharmacological Strategies
Legally, persons are entitled to express themselves sexually as long as sexual expression is not a public display, is consensual between two individuals, & does not harm the individual or others. Participants will learn about the barriers that remain for many individuals living with dementia, as well as evidence-based tools for communication, assessment, and treatment intervention when an individual living with dementia expresses a need for intimacy.
Approved for Florida RNs and LPNs and Social Workers
Presenters will share case examples of supporting individuals living with dementia through distressing behaviors. Participants will learn new ways to support a client through the freshening up process, sleeping through the night and when a client is walking about and at risk walking out of their environment unattended. Participants will share real examples of implementations of strategies they have utilized with their clients through the years.
Dementia: Practical Design Strategies for the Home
MODULE 38 MODULE 39
Approved for Florida RNs and LPNs and Social Workers except for NJ Social Workers
Tips and strategies to support an individual living with cognitive change in the many life transitions they may experience
Presenters will share helpful tips, room by room on how to modify a client’s home environment when the individual is living with cognitive change. When a home incorporates the design elements of a client who has changing needs, the client’s risk of falling is reduced, memory is aided, and the client has more freedom to use his/her own abilities. A good support design helps empower your client.
Approved for Florida RNs and LPNs and Social Workers except for NJ Social Workers
Participants will learn strategies for supporting clients and their care-partners to work through decisionmaking about and adapting to life transitions. Whether moving between community services, downsizing to a smaller environment, experiencing the loss of a driver’s license, friend or spouse, change affects us all.
Participants will have the opportunity to share best practices for empowering those living with cognitive change due to Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia during transitions/discharges from clinical settings. Presenters will share strategies for framing conversations about these transitions and decision aids that may be helpful to support Advanced care planning conversations
MODULE 40
Living Well with Parkinson’s Disease and Atypical Movement Disorders: Supporting Cognitive and Social Needs as Symptoms Progress
Approved for Florida RNs and LPNs and Social Workers except for NJ Social Workers
MODULE 41
Shared Decision-making versus Supported Decision-making: Frameworks for Empowering
Individuals living with Cognitive Change due to Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia
Participants will learn more about Parkinson’s Disease and its relation to rarer atypical movement disorders (sometimes called Parkinson’s Plus): Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Corticobasal degeneration, and Multiple System Atrophy. Participants will explore the unique challenges of living with these disorders, which typically have an onset during middle adulthood, and which can impact several generations. Presenters will share helpful tips to incorporate into clients' daily rhythm to support them cognitively and physically. Interventions will include considerations for involving and supporting family members, including children.
Approved for Florida RNs and LPNs and Social Workers except for NJ Social Workers
Participants will learn more about the principles of Shared Decision Making versus Supported Decision Making and the steps to apply the concepts in practice. Participants will have the opportunity to share openly how to have discussions around Harm Reduction and Managed Risk while working through case studies as a team. Participants will learn more about the recipe for Collaborative Treatment Planning and does it truly exist. (Virtual limit 30-people, In-person limit 50-people)
The Invisible Epidemic: developing awareness, prevention, and intervention for older adults living through substance misuse
Approved for Florida RNs and LPNs, Case Managers, & Social Workers except for NJ Social Workers
Protecting Our Vets: Supporting veterans with cognitive health in older age
In the United States, the number of older adults with substance use disorders is increasing as “Baby Boomers” come of age. Nurses, social workers, and case managers are uniquely positioned to impact the aging population through identification, prevention, and treatment support Participants of this presentation will explore risk and protective factors, evidence-based screening techniques and interventions, as well as individualized treatment approaches to support older adults living with preventing or working through a substance use disorder.
Approved for Florida RNs and LPNs and Social Workers
for NJ Social Workers
Veterans experience a heightened risk of developing cognitive disorder later in life secondary to factors like traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, chemical exposures, disordered sleep, and more. It is critical for clinicians to identify risk and intervene early to support the ongoing cognitive health habits of veterans across the lifespan. This presentation supports evidencebased assessment, intervention and treatment for veterans and families, as well as linkage to resources.
Understanding Vascular Dementia
Vascular brain change is one of the most common drivers of symptoms of dementia among Americans. Participants of this course will learn about the various types of vascular dementia and behavioral changes
Management of Dementia and Delirium in Older Adults
While delirium can occur in patients of any age, older patients with cognitive impairment, severe medical illness, or a hip fracture are considered at greatest risk for negative outcomes. Delirium is associated with higher risk of falls, increased length of hospital stay, and higher risk of death. Clinicians attending session will understand key features of dementia, delirium, and comorbid delirium and dementia, as well as evidence-based assessment and intervention for each.
MODULE 46
Embracing Positivity in the Field of Aging
Positivity offers us the chance to master our emotions, comprehend ourselves better, and unlock our potential for growth. Through positivity, we discover fresh opportunities, rebound from setbacks with resilience, foster connections, and evolve into our optimal selves. Join our journey to embrace positivity in
Explore the role of arts and recreation in cognitive care. How are memory, creativity, and identity linked? What are the benefits of arts-based engagement for the person living with dementia and their care partner(s)? IMC will utilize interactive exercises to explore the side effects of leveraging the arts as treatment, side effects like evoking memories, enabling people to communicate about experiences, and strengthening relationships. IMC will also highlight opportunities for advocacy around including the arts as a treatment.
MODULE 48
Addressing Social Isolation and Loneliness in Aging
Approved for Social Workers except for NJ Social Workers
Loneliness and social isolation are prevalent issues among the older adult population, with profound implications for physical and mental well-being This course delves into the multifaceted nature of these phenomena, exploring their complex relationship with health outcomes in older age, including, those related to cardiovascular health, cognitive health, and immune function. Through a combination of research findings, case studies, and interactive discussion, attendees will gain a comprehensive understanding of tools for assessment of loneliness & social isolation well as opportunities for meaningful advocacy and
The Stages of Lewy Body Dementia: How to Support
Care Partners with Changing Needs
Approved for Social Workers except for NJ Social Workers
A focused exploration of the complex and progressive nature of Lewy Body Dementia (LBD). This discussion will begin with an overview of what LBD is and how it differs from other dementias, particularly in its fluctuating symptoms and movement challenges. We will examine current research to better understand LBD and the critical need for accurate diagnosis, given its overlap with conditions like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. The importance of early intervention during the mild stage of LBD will be emphasized, as well as strategies for managing the significant changes in daily functioning and movement that occur during the moderate stage. Finally, we'll discuss how to maintain joy and preserve meaningful relationships during the end stages, despite the severe cognitive and physical decline. This session is designed to equip care partners with the knowledge and tools needed to support individuals with LBD throughout the different stages of the disease.
Inspired Memory Care, Inc offers continuing education courses at the following price point:
Live Virtual $1500
Live In-Person $1700 plus travel accommodations when out of state
Hybrid $1800 plus travel accommodations when out of state
The cost of services may be covered by a single sponsoring organization or split between multiple sponsoring organizations depending upon preference.
All fees are due no later than the event date or a 25% additional charge will be assessed.
All Registration for the event must be through Inspired Memory Care’s (IMC) electronic registration process. IMC will share the list with the sponsor(s) of the event on Fridays leading up to the event. There are no exceptions, as we must have this information for our audit records.
All collateral and social media related to the event and distributed by IMC and event sponsors will include the sponsor logos. IMC will have final approval of collateral as wording and approval statements must be presented according to governing board standards.
IMC’s primary role in all continuing education events is as the educator. However, the organization is available to support marketing efforts by creating a flyer and sending an announcement to its existing database upon request.
