It is not the number of breaths we take, but the number of moments that take our breath away. - Author Unknown
Body of Knowledge.
When sending in your CDP, Instructor, CDCM or CFRDT renewal forms, please attach the certificate of attendance for CE or CEU"s provided to you by the instructor or organization for the seminar you attended. The NCCDP accepts seminars, college classes, magazine based ceus, correspondence, in-services, web inar, online seminars, etc. In all cases, the NCCDP needs the certificate that was provided to you. The seminars or courses should be within the last three years. You will need 10 CE or CEUS to renew.
You are also welcome to use the NCCDP CEUs located on the home page. You or your facility will need a subscription to the Alzheimer's Care Guide Magazine to read the article.
NCCDP also provided the CMS link where there are also free seminars. The link for CMS is located on the NCCDP CEU registration page at the very bottom of the page.
The certificate of attendance for the specific topic, should have the following information on the certificate:
1. Name of seminar or course title
2. Date
3. Name of instructor
4. The amount of CE or CEU's awarded.
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1. Ethics
Ethics in the Work Place
Ethics and Management Issues
Ethics and Death / Dying
2. Spirituality
Spirituality and Aging
Religion and Elderly
Spiritual Care and Dementia
Spirituality and the Care Giver
Spirituality and the Non Religious
Spirituality and Dying
The role of the Chaplaincy in Dementia
Care
3. Death and Dying
Stages of Dying
End Stage Dementia
Music for the Dying
Bereavement & Funerals
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
Reminiscence 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
20. We accept dementia related topics presented at state and national conferences.
21. We accept dementia related topics for Speech Therapists, OT, PT, Dietitians.
22. We accept almost all in-services that are dementia related that are taught at your facility.
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.
We also accept CEUs from the CMS web site
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