Comprehensive Dementia Course Goals

•    Determine dementia stages and behaviors associated with the dementia patient

•    Develop appropriate functional maintenance programs and Care Plans for the dementia patient

•    Determine and differentiate appropriate tools for dementia assessment and treatment management

•    Identify Medicare and OBRA guideline mandates for dementia assessment and treatment/ management programs

•    Develop effective documentation skills for functional maintenance programs for the dementia patient

•    Participate in demonstration classrooms: assessment, treatment/management, documentation, summarize pharmacological principles affecting dementia management