Topics that will be accepted for the Renewal Portion of your application for Track 1 and Track 2. These are also the topics that will be accepted for the In-Service portion for those following Track 2.

1. Ethics
Ethics in the Work Place
Ethics and Management Issues
Ethics and Death / Dying

2. Spirituality
Spirituality and Aging
Religion and Elderly
Spirititual Care and Dementia
Spirituality and the Care Giver
Spirituality and the Non Religious
Spirituality and Dying
The role of the Chaplanacy in Dementia Care

3. Death and Dying
Stages of Dying
End Stage Dementia
Music for the Dying
Bereavement & Funnerals
Problems associated with Dying
Saying Goodbye for the Care Giver
Advance Directives
End of Life Decisions
Managing Grief / Loss
Dying Person / Bill of Rights

4. Stress
Coping Skills
Stress and the Care Giver
Elderly as Care Givers
Burden of Care Giving
Abuse & Neglect
Preventing Job Burnout
Taking Care of Yourself

5. Organizational Skills
Setting Priorities / Saying No
Procrastination / Creating Balance
Ways to get organized / clutter
Dealing with Interruptions

6. Communications
Listening skills
Validation Therapy
Verbal & Non Verbal Communication

7. Wandering
Locked Units
Wandering Committees
Anti Wandering Devices
Medications for Wandering
Use of interventions
Wandering Committees

8. Hoarding
How to work with your client who hoards

9. Activities
Reminice Programs / Drama Programs
Sensory Programming and Rooms as an alternative activity
Pet Therapy & Intergenerational Programming
Horticulture and Aroma Therapy
Low Functioning Programs / Music Programs
Sensory Stimulation Programs

10. Team Work in Alzheimer’s Care
Staffing Dementia Units
Team Meetings
Communications with your team

11. Dealing with Difficult Behavior
Dealing with Dementia & Catastrophic
Reactions / Aggressive Behaviors
Breaking Down Tasks
Paranoia / Hallucinations

12. ADL’s
Dressing
Bathing
Eating / Nutrition
Feeding Tubes / Swallowing
Sleep Disturbances

13. Pharmacy
Medications and Precautions
New Medications / Alzheimer’s
Pain Management
Recognizing Pain
Side Effects

14. Sexuality
Intimacy & Dementia
Sex and the Care Giver Issues
Dealing with Inappropriate Sexual Behavior

15. Depression in Dementia
Medications

16. Multicultural Considerations

17. Care Planning
Care Plans and Dementia
Documentation / Dementia

18. Environment
Creating a Home Like Setting
Eliminating Noise

19. Feelings

We also accept CEUs published in Alzheimer's Gare Guide and the other activity magazines and nursing and other health care magazines.

We do not accept overview of Dementia when renewing certification

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