Sooner or later, it will touch us all: our patients, family members or someone else close to us is diagnosed with dementia. With our population aging, we are continually being swept into a flurry of daunting tasks to teach the demented patient skills that are hard to come by, including; locking wheelchair brakes for safety; drinking liquid to prevent dehydration; increase functional independence in toileting, and most importantly, assisting with training the caregiver. As we enter the world of dementia and see the paradigm of service delivery shift to the caregiver, it is increasingly important to increase our knowledge and skill levels, not only for our patients but also for our ability to train caregivers and family members.
Knowing how the diseases of dementia unfold is an invaluable tools for success. Knowing how, when, and what to do for the patients depends on understanding that our professional, and ethical, responsibility is to assist the patient to achieve and maintain their highest level of functioning; therefore, we must know what they need – and this knowing begins with the ability to accurately “stage” a patient’s dementia. Once a patient is staged, the needs of the patient can be more easily seen. This innovative seminar presents staging tools that clearly outline, at each distinct stage, the patient’s remaining abilities and the patient’s lost abilities; this is the insight that drives intervention. Attendees will discuss and demonstrate the top-evidence based communication techniques in the field for dementia via role play. Leave this dynamic and collaborative seminar with the confidence and skills to develop a structured, systematic, and highly individualized therapy programs, and with the abilities to justify their practice.
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Manual (5.23 MB) | 102 Pages | Available after Purchase |
JANE YAKEL, MS, CCC-SLP, is a licensed and certified Speech-Language Pathologist with more than 40 years of experience in the care of persons suffering from neuropathology disorders. She completed her undergraduate and graduate degrees at the University of Wyoming, specializing in neuropathology. Ms. Yakel is currently a private contractor and consultant in Virginia and has worked in a variety of settings including acute care, outpatient clinics, home health agencies, skilled nursing homes, independent and assisted living facilities, hospitals, and schools. She has been a regional clinical specialist and a national trainer for rehabilitation program directors and has served as a director of a community re-entry program for traumatic brain injury survivors. Additionally, she has taught at the University of Wyoming, Utah State University, and DeVry University (Phoenix). Her diverse background in both the academic and health care arenas has given her ample opportunities to develop strong clinical skills in patient assessment, evaluation, treatment, and patient/family education.
Ms. Yakel has also shared her expertise as an author—particularly in her comprehensive book Dementia: Interventions for Severe Cognitive Impairments—and presenter for national and state board continuing education courses on various topics such as cognitive rehabilitation and dementia, comprehensive assessment of the patient, and cognitive communication disorders in the neurologically impaired. She currently is a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, is a past representative for the People to People Ambassador Program for the American Speech and Hearing Association, and is a prior member of the Wyoming Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology.
DEMENTIA AND DISEASES
ASSESSING OR STAGING? WHAT DO THEY TELL US AND WHICH DO WE DO?
DOCUMENTING DEMENTIA SKILLED INTERVENTIONS
APPROACHES TO THE MEMORY SYSTEM
EVIDENCE-BASED THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS
COMMUNCATION SKILLS: THE KEYS TO BEHAVIOR
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