Alzheimer’s Disease and An Integrative Approach to Dementia Care (1 credit hour)

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.

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First Reading:  An integrative approach to dementia care by Alison Warren; Frontiers in Aging

Second Reading:  Alzheimer’s Disease; NIH National Institute on Aging

Course Objectives:  To enhance professional practice, values, skills, and knowledge by exploring Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, highlighting an integrative approach to dementia care.

Learning Objectives:  Describe the multiple factors that may improve dementia care and quality of life.  Identify signs and symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease.  Describe stages, diagnosis, and treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.

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Course Available Until: February 29, 2028.

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1: A multifactorial disease such as dementia warrants a  ______________ approach to care.
 
 
2: Exercise can improve several aspects of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias via its ability to enhance _____
 
 
 
 
3: Persons with AD and related dementias often exhibit __________ musical processing.
 
 
4: Which type of diet is inversely associated with dementia?
 
 
 
 
5: Creative therapies generate opportunities for reminiscence and self-expression leading to
 
 
 
 
6: Which psychological approach is a goal-oriented approach aimed at reframing an individual's thought processes?
 
 
 
 
7: The WHO recommends acupuncture for over _________ conditions.
 
 
 
 
8: Changes in the brain due to Alzheimer's may begin ___________ before symptoms appear.
 
 
 
 
9: People are often diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease during which stage?
 
 
 
10: Memory and thinking concerns could be due to
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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G.M. Rydberg-Cox, MSW, LSCSW is the Continuing Education Director at Free State Social Work and responsible for the development of this course.  She received her Masters of Social Work in 1996 from the Jane Addams School of Social Work at the University of Illinois-Chicago and she has over 20 years of experience.  She has lived and worked as a social worker in Chicago, Boston, and Kansas City. She practiced for many years in the area of hospital/medical social work.  The reading materials for this course were developed by another organization.

Course Available Until: February 29, 2028.
Filed under: Aging, Dementia