About This Event
CARES® is an award-winning series of 10 online dementia care training programs developed in conjunction with the Alzheimer’s Association. Each program incorporates the easy-to-remember CARES® Approach 5-step method and incorporates evidence-based practices from the Alzheimer’s Association Dementia Care Practice Recommendations. Topics include person- centered care, the basics of Alzheimer’s and Dementia, understanding behavior as communication, safety topics (such as wandering, falls, and restraint reduction), pain and how it impacts care, dementia-related behavior, activities of daily living, end-of-life care, serious mental illness, elder abuse awareness and prevention, and dementia care for families. The training is for staff at all levels and provides documentation to meet state and federal training requirements. These courses are also available in Spanish.
Available courses include:
- CARES® Dementia 5-Step Method™
- CARES® Dementia Safety Topics™
- CARES® Dementia-Related Behavior™
- CARES® Activities of Daily Living™
- CARES® End-of-Life Dementia Care™
- CARES Dementia Basics (In Spanish)
- CARES® Dementia 5-Step Method for Families™
*Additional CARES Online Training Programs also include:
CARES Serious Mental Illness
CARES® Elder Abuse Prevention™
Cost: $199. Purchase 2 or more courses and save $100! All AHCA/NCAL members receive a $100 discount on all purchases when using promo code AHCA100 at checkout.
Purchase for your organization with multiple users and receive a 15% discount off all site license purchases. Use promo code AHCA15 at checkout.
Please note: IHCA/INCAL receives commissions for purchases made through this link.
Questions about this event?
Please email Katie Niehoff, IHCA/INCAL’s director of education, using the form below.