- Gather up at least 9 additional friends, colleagues, association
members, staff or anyone interested in the course.
- Contact Hahk Training with a date or dates that are convenient
to your schedule.
- Select a location close to you.
It's that simple.
Courses are $100.00 each per person or $1000.00 for a small group.
If you have a large group of 20 or more, contact us to find out
about profit-sharing opportunities.
* If you are having difficulty gathering 10 people, keep a watchful
eye on this site, we will be posting our upcoming schedule and locations,
as they arise, they may be reasonably close to you.
Aging, Long Term Care Environments and Dementia
Goals and Objectives of the Course
The subject of aging and the influence of long term care and it's
affect on the quality of life among the aging population has needed
attention for quite some time.
As a Gerontologist, an owner/administrator of a long term care facility
for the elderly and a CE vendor for RCFE, ARF and RN practitioners,
I have received feedback that there is a desperate need to provide
accurate, unbiased and practical advice on this and other related
subjects to those in the counseling professions. Most importantly,
students are interested in hearing this information from a professional
practicing in the field.
Keeping the above in mind, the mission of this course is to first
identify and define common terminology specific to the field of
aging. As most health care fields, the field of elder care and long
term care are laden with a massive amount of jargon. This jargon
is responsible for confusing the already compromised client and
their family, making it difficult to make an informed decision while
under pressure. Second, we discuss what options are currently available
in California for an elder and their family and how to navigate
the complicated process. Third, we discuss how to match the client
with the appropriate level of care while trying to match their budget.
We also discuss the pitfalls and who your allies are as well as
the predators. We then go into aspects of successful aging and juxtapose
them with various age-related afflictions. It is at this time that
we dispell many of the common myths surrounding aging. Logically,
the discussion turns to cognitive impairment. A large segment of
this course is dedicated to the topic of Dementia. The discussion
of dementia includes; definitions, diseases, difficult to manage
behaviors, the crisis of the lack of education among the health
care practitioners, the importance of an accurate diagnosis, socialized
interventions to manage behaviors, viewing the behavior s as a system
rather than an event, medications used for behavior modification,
communicating with the client, the impact on the family, Sundowner's
Syndrome, an exercise in empathy - walking a mile in the moccasins
of a person with dementia, the financial and social impact of dementia,
the value of validation therapy and a discussion about specific
behaviors to be expected as well as ways to redirect them.
Our expectation is that the student will be empowered with the
ability and knowledge to accurately and effectively educate and
counsel those who are afflicted as well as the families of those
afflicted.
Aging, Long Term Care Environments and Dementia
Course Outline
| Hours 1-2: |
Sign-in/Ground Rules/Introductions
- Let's Tackle the Jargon
- Identify and define common terminology
- Know your ADLs from your PRNs
- What's out there? How do we access it?
- From home care to hospice care - all aspects
- How do we know it's a fit?
- Who's on our side, who's not?
- What is successful aging anyway?
- What's not?
- Common age-related illnesses - all systems
- Psycho-social issues with age
- Agism
- Let's destroy the Myths!
- A century of media, prejudice and ignorance
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| Hour 3-4: |
Introduction to Difficult Behaviors Related to Dementia
- Dementia is not a disease - refers to a common group
of symptoms
- Definition of Dementia
- Dementia is NOT a normal part of the aging process
- Various Types of Primary Dementia (Irreversible)
Account for 80% of all Dementia - in-depth definitions of
each:
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Parkinson's Disease
- Multi-Infarct/Vascular
- Huntington's Disease
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
- Pick's Disease
- Lewy Body Dementia
- The Importance of a Proper Diagnosis
- Dementia is commonly miss-diagnosed as simply Alzheimer's
Disease
- Specific examples of the pitfalls of the miss-diagnosis
- Specific diseases react differently to pharmaceutical
intervention
- Detriments of prescribing the wrong medications
- Detriments of not prescribing the correct medications
- Emphasis on becoming the advocate for the dementia
client
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| Hours 5-6: |
A Focus on Alzheimer's Disease
- Types of Secondary Dementia (Reversible)
Account for 20% of all Dementia
- Alcohol/Drug Abuse
- Poor Nutritiono Poor Hydration
- Infections (UTI - most common)
- Tumors
- Depression
- Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
- Delirium vs. Depression vs. Dementia
- Alzheimer's Disease in detail
- The Affected Brain - Diagram
- Walking a mile in the moccasins of a person with dementia
- Communicating with a person with Dementia - Do's and Don'ts
- Validation Therapy
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| Hours 7-8: |
Theory of Approach/Techniques/Case Studies/Role Plays
- Systems Theory and Behavior
- Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence
- Recognizing and interrupting the system
Real Case Studies and Application Through Role Play
- Anxiety
- Agitation
- Wandering/Elopement
- Sundowner's Syndrome and Purposeful Elopement
- Definition of Sundowner's Syndrome
- The Art of Redirection
- Utilizing Biographical Information of the Client as
a Tool
- Hallucinations
- Paranoia
- Dressing/Bathing/Medication Refusal
- Inappropriate Sexual Behaviors
- Sleeping Difficulty
- Eating Issues
- Incontinence
Course Review, Quiz, Evaluation
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Method of Course Evaluation by Participants: All students will
complete an evaluation form which rates the helpfulness of the topic
covered and course content, quality of handouts, and knowledge/quality
of the presentation by the instructor.
Method of Evaluating Participants: Students will complete a prepared
Quiz on the material covered, student participation/interaction
during the class. Students will retain quiz as an assessment tool
of their strengths and growth points.
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General Information
- If the venue is providing lunch, please be sure to specify vegetarian
diet, if that is what you follow.
- The courses cost $100.00 per day, $130.00 at the door, subject
to available seating.
- Our courses are not designed for overwhelmingly large crowds
- we feel it impedes the learning process. So, sign up quickly
to reserve your space.
THE REQUIRED STUFF…..
APPROVALS/REQUIREMENTS
Marriage & Family Therapists/Licensed Clinical Social Workers
HAHK Training & Consulting is a Licensed Continuing Education
Provider for the Board of Behavioral Sciences of California. License
number PCE 3203
All courses meet the qualifications for 8 hours of continuing education
credit for MFTs and LCSWs, as required by the California Board of
Behavioral Sciences.
RCFE/ARF
HAHK Training & Consulting is a Licensed Continuing Education
Provider for the Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing
Division. RCFE License number 1000428-740-2, ARF License number
1000428-735-2
Registered Nurses
HAHK Training & Consulting is a Licensed Continuing Education
Provider for the California Board of Registered Nursing, Licensing
number CEP14022
Aging and Long Term Care" Requirement
With the influx of those living in long term care settings and the
anticipated baby boom crisis, this course and subject not only relate
to LCSW and MFT practice directly, it satisfies the much needed
"Aging and Long Term Care" requirement.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
David Hahklotubbe, M.A. (pronounced Hawk-low-tubby) is a licensed
long term care provider, certified administrator for residential
care facilities for the elderly, owner of Choctaw House Senior Living,
a community for those afflicted with cognitive impairment (dementia)
and the producer/host of the television show "Successful
Aging Today". Mr. Hahklotubbe has been an authority and
lecturer on topics relating to aging in long term care environments
for over 10 years.
COURSE MATERIALS
A trend in the field of continuing education is that the curriculum
are not free, nor are they helpful. Because our goal at HAHK is
to increase the quality of life of our collective clients, we provide
a substantial curriculum, free of charge for all students. Our thoughts
on this are simple, the idea of coming to these courses is to share
knowledge and provide education to those in the caring field. The
student then returns to their workplace, shares this knowledge with
staff, cohorts and clients, thus achieving our goal. We feel that
without a comprehensive teaching tool from which to share this knowledge,
we would not be facilitating the process. We hope you appreciate
and utilize this tool.
SCHEDULES, POLICIES & PROTOCOLS
Each course will commence promptly at 8:00 am. There will be a
scheduled lunch break of 1/2 hour. The course will end and certificates
of completion will be distributed at 4:30 pm. Lunch may or may not
be provided, please see details of specific venues.
Preregistration is recommended. Course fee at the door is $130.00
and is subject to available seating.
Refunds are only given in the case of a cancelled course. A student
unable to attend will be given credit for a future course.
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