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Alzheimer's and Dementia Staff Education Week

NCCDP Declares February 14th to the 21st

Free Downloads, tool kit and in-services begins November and ends March.  Please click here to sign up for the NCCDP newsletter (complimentary) and you will be notified when the new and revised NCCDP Alzheimer's and Dementia Staff Education Week Feb 14 to 21 is available.

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TOOL KIT IS AVAILABLE FOR MEMBERS AND NON MEMBERS

Dear NCCDP Executive Director Sandra Stimson,

Congratulations on being an industry leader in providing education tools in preparation for Alzheimer's and Dementia Staff Education Week Feb. 14 to 21, 2010. Last year your tool kit covered education for beginners, caregivers and support groups. NCCDP has done all the work for those who provide education including power point in-services, information sheets and disease specific information and resources. Thank you for raising the standards of care by providing quality education.

Sandra Burrows, ACC, CDP, MSS
Director of Quality of Life Golden Living

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Sandra,

I just had a chance to get on the NCCDP website and check out the workshops. They are outstanding! I look forward to offering them in my area.   NCCDP does a wonderful job keeping me abreast with what is going on in the field of dementia research and intervention techniques. Your services have proven invaluable to me. Thank you. Keep up the great work!

Denise Scruggs, Director
Beard Center on Aging at Lynchburg College

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A huge Thank You to all the trade publications, national and state associations who assisted the NCCDP in getting the word out about the importance of the NCCDP Alzheimer's and Dementia staff education week, NCCDP Certifications and NCCDP Train the Trainer program.

The NCCDP acknowledges the following companies who participated in 2009 and 2010:

Life Care Centers of America
Golden Living
Sunrise Corporation
Care-One
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The newest component of the NCCDP is Alzheimer’s and Dementia Staff Education Week Tool Kit. The Tool Kit is available at www.nccdp.org. The Tool Kit and the declaration by the NCCDP Alzheimer's and Dementia Education Week February 14th to the 21st was developed and implemented to bring awareness to the importance of staff educators being trained and certified in dementia care and to provide education by means of face to face interactive classroom environment and to provide comprehensive dementia education to all healthcare professionals and line staff.

Currently there are no national standards for dementia education. The regulations are different from state to state. The NCCDP recommends at minimum an initial 8 hours of dementia education to all staff. Through out the year, additional dementia education should be provided that incorporates new advances, culture change and innovative ideas.

In addition to facilitating the Train the Trainer programs, The NCCDP promotes dementia education and certification of all staff as Certified Dementia Practitioners (CDP®). The NCCDP recognizes the importance of trained and educated dementia unit managers and certifying the Dementia Unit Manager as Certified Dementia Care Manager (CDCM®). Front Line First Responders need comprehensive Dementia training and the NCCDP provides Alzheimer’s and Dementia training to First Responder educators and certification as Certified First Responder Dementia Trainer.

The tool kit includes:

  • Free Power Point / Over Head In-services for Health Care Staff, Tests and Answers, Seminar Evaluation and Seminar Certificates

POWER POINTS PRESENTATIONS and supporting hand outs, tests and answers, and certificates include....

bullet Non-pharmacological Approach to the Alzheimer's disease patient NEW!!

bullet Environmental Design in Managing Behavior in Assisted Living NEW!!

bullet Communicating successfully with Alzheimer’s elders NEW!!

bullet THIS IS NOT ALZHEIMER’S: An Overview of Vascular Dementia, Lewy Body Dementia, & Frontotemporal Dementia NEW!!

bullet The Rehab Professional's Role in Dining for Person's with Dementia NEW!!

bullet Take Precautions for Facility Outing? NEW!!

bullet Senior Housing, Can residents stay home with Early Dementia?

bulletAlzheimer's and Dementia Activities: Make Them Meaningful

bulletDeveloping effective activities programs for elders with dementia

bullet Caring for the Caregiver

bullet Medications in Dementia Patients

bullet Keeping your Institution Safe, How To Deal with Alzheimer’s/Dementia Residents In A Crisis or Terrorist Act

20% discount from Freidburg Press
Alzheimer’s Care Guide ($45)
Current Activities in Geriatric Care ($45)
Current Nursing in Geriatric Care ($115)
Nurse Aide/VIP ($95)

 

  • 97 Ideas To Recognize Alzheimer’s and dementia Staff Education Week
  • 20 Reasons Why You Should Provide Comprehensive Alzheimer’s and Dementia Training to Your Staff by A Live Instructor
  • Dementia Word Search Games & Interactive Exercises
  • Movies and Books About Alzheimer’s You Don’t Want To Miss
  • Proclamation & Sample Agenda for Opening Ceremony & Sample Letter to Editor
  • Contest Entry Forms- Staff Education week
  • Alzheimer’s Bill of Rights & Alzheimer’s Patient Prayer
  • Nurse Educator / In-service Director of The Year Nomination Form
  • Corporate and Associate Membership Forms
  • Songs to Inspire You
  • Letter to the Editor
  • Sample Certificate

Each year the National Council of Certified Dementia Practitioners, LLC reaches out to media, health care magazines, health care associations and long term care settings to support Alzheimer’s and dementia staff education week to promote comprehensive face to face education by trained dementia instructors and to promote Alzheimer’s and dementia education to all staff and awareness of Certified Dementia Practitioner certifications for all health care professionals in order to continue to provide compassionate care.

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I understand that I may download the Tool Kit with the express understanding that the tool kit may only be used at your facility. You may not change, modify, copy or distribute this information in any format and the information provided in the tool kit is the intellectual property of the NCCDP. Copies may be made to distribute to your in-service being held at your facility. The Tool Kit or portions of the tool kit may not be sold or distributed in any format. 

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