Alzheimers Disease Unraveling the Mystery (6 Credit Hours)
Program Summary: This article explores the healthy brain and how it works and then looks at what happens in the brain during Alzheimer’s dementia. It includes current research as well as issues affecting caregivers and families.
This course is recommended for social workers, counselors, and therapists and is appropriate for beginning and intermediate levels of practice.
Publisher: National Institute on Aging
National Institutes of Health
Find the article at: https://www.freestatesocialwork.com/articles/alzheimers_disease_unraveling_the_mystery_0.pdf
Program Objectives: To enhance professional values, skills, and knowledge by identifying key issues for understanding Alzheimer’s dementia.
Learning Objectives: Describe the healthy brain. Identify what happens to the brain in Alzheimer’s dementia. Identify current research efforts. Identify important issues for families and caregivers.
Review our pre-reading study guide.
Free State Social Work, LLC, provider #1235, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Free State Social Work, LLC maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 9/6/2021 - 9/6/2024. Social workers completing this course receive 6 continuing education credits.
Free State Social Work has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP NO. 6605. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Free State Social Work is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Read more:
Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease: What Do We Know?
https://d29n9v6ua7uzh5.cloudfront.net/preventing_alzheimers_disease_0_1.pdf
NIA Alzheimer’s Fact Sheet
https://d29n9v6ua7uzh5.cloudfront.net/ad_fact_sheet-2015_update-final.pdf