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Early Dementia Predictors, Assessments, & Interventions: Maximize Therapeutic Outcomes
- Faculty:
- Ellen N. Friedman, MA, CCC-SLP,
- Duration:
- 5 Hours 23 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
- Dec 30, 2015
- Product Code:
- WDS020048
- Brochure Code:
- WDPTEARLY (P)
- Media Type:
- Digital Seminar
- Access:
- Never expires.
Description
Explore Effective Strategies for Each Stage of Dementia
By the year 2030 it is predicted that 20% of the population will be age 65 or older, and the number of people suffering from dementia worldwide is expected to hit 76 million. There is a natural tendency for elderly individuals to become increasingly isolated, and lose interest in daily activities. Some become more indecisive and lose the ability to concentrate, causing psychomotor agitation and insomnia, which leads to weight loss and decreased energy. The culmination of these symptoms is depression, which is extremely common in preclinical Alzheimer's disease and often a predictor that dementia may be on its way. These changes are so subtle that family members and caregivers often do not see the impact until it is beyond the stages of early dementia.
In this course attendees discover the important predictors of dementia and distinguish between the various types. Explore effective intervention strategies for each stage of dementia and identify proper depression screening tools. Caregiver education strategies will be provided and you will leave with multiple prevention and intervention approaches to implement in clinical practice immediately.
Course Content
Types & characteristics of dementiA
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Vascular disease or multi-infarct dementia
- Frontotemporal dementia
- Lewy bodies dementia
- Parkinson’s disease
- Crutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Important Predictors of Dementia
- Depression, particularly late life onset
- Family history
- Impairments on cognitive linguistic testing
- Decreased frontal lobe activity in functional neuroimaging
- Incidence of medical morbidity
- Insomnia
- Increased psychomotor agitation
- Reduced concentration ability
- Traumatic brain injury
- Medical conditions
Screening for Depression
- Geriatric Depression Scale
- Cornell Scale
Prevention Strategies
- Nutritional status maintenance and weight gaining strategies
- Screen for epilepsy: studies at regular intervals
- Use light to assist with sleep regularity
- Emotional support
- Building of skill sets
Stages & intervention strategies
- Stage 1: Normal
- Stay brain active
- Stage 2: Normal Aged Forgetfulness
- Mindfulness strategies
- Stage 3: Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Compensatory strategies
- Stage 4: Moderate Cognitive Decline
- Cognitive linguistic exercises
- Stage 5: Moderately Severe Cognitive Decline
- Caregiver training
- Stage 6: Severe Cognitive Decline
- Simplify language
- Redirection
- Touch and facial expression
- Stage 7: Very Severe Cognitive Decline
- Proactive controls
Caregiver Education Strategies
- Simplify language
- Gain attention and focus
- Redirection of delusional expression and hallucinations
- Modify environment as needed and develop daily routines
- Deal with aggression
- Maximize function
General therapy guidelines
- Ideal living conditions
- Dutch village: the making of more livable space
- Architectural considerations
- Self-contained community
- Staff/resident interaction
- Focus interventions on the patient’s strengths
- Repetitive tasks
- Regard the whole family system as the “patient”
- Adjust the environment to normalize for the patient
- Individualize topics for patient’s life experiences and interests
- Daily orientation tasks
- Redirection and acceptance/validation of patient’s reality
Credits
Handouts
| File type | File name | Number of pages | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Handouts (2.7 MB) | Available after Purchase |
Faculty
Ellen N. Friedman, MA, CCC-SLP, Related seminars and products
ELLEN N. FRIEDMAN, MA, CCC-SLP, is a Speech-Language Pathologist with over 20 years of experience. She completed her Master's program at Cleveland State University and has a private practice in Ohio where she works clinically in outpatient, school, and home health settings. Ms. Friedman began her subspecialty voice practice in 1993, which has expanded to include pediatric, adult, and geriatric patients with voice, swallowing, digestive, cognitive-linguistic, speech/language deficits, and dementia. She is a former president of the Northeast Ohio Regional Association of Medical Speech/Language Pathologists and is published in the fields of voice and gastroesophageal disease. Ms. Friedman teaches on the national level. She also taught in the graduate school of speech pathology at Kent State University, and was on the faculty at Cleveland State University, teaching clinical procedures. Ms. Friedman was an invited speaker at last year's Nevada State Speech and Hearing Association conference, a speaker at Molloy College, and will be speaking for the Windsor Canada regional hospital system.
Disclosure:
Finacial- Receives a speaking honorarium from Vyne, LLC.
Nonfinancial-No relevant nonfinacial relationship exists.
Additional Info
Program Information
Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive) Access never expires for this product.Target Audience
Speech-Language Pathologists, Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants, Physical Therapists, Physical Therapist Assistants, Rehab Managers, Nurses, Activity Professionals, Nursing Home Administrators, Social Workers
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