Program Summary:   This course explores Alzheimer’s disease and dementia and offers an integrative, multifaceted approach to dementia care.  The course highlights multiple factors that may improve care and quality of life, including the benefits of exercise, music, art, nutrition, cognitive behavioral therapy, and acupuncture.  An overview of Alzheimer’s disease and the brain is given, with a discussion of signs, symptoms, stages, diagnosis, treatment, and support.

This course is recommended for social workers, counselors, and therapists and is appropriate for beginning and intermediate levels of practice. Read the complete description of this course…..

Program Summary:  This course explores the different types of dementia and includes an overview of Alzheimer’s disease, frontotemporal disorders, Lewy body dementia, and vascular dementia.  Causes, symptoms, risk factors, diagnosis, treatment, and management are discussed.  The course includes research supported by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and the National Institute on Aging.

This course is recommended for social workers, counselors, and therapists and is appropriate for beginning and intermediate levels of practice. Read the complete description of this course…..