Members: Check out our free selection of staff training in-services beginning November 1st in anticipation of the NCCDP’s Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia Care Staff Education Week (February 14-21). New topics to be unveiled soon! In-services…
Listen to I Advance Senior Care’s Adam Armstrong “as he sits down with Alisa Tagg, President of the National Association of Activity Professionals (NAAP) to discuss “the demographic shift in assisted living and skilled nursing…
“IBM has granted $10 million to the University of California-San Diego to study mild cognitive impairment (MCI), one of the earliest and most common forms of neurocognitive decline.” https://www.iadvanceseniorcare.com/news-item/memory-care/uc-san-diego-imb-watson-team-study-mild-cognitive-impairment?utm_campaign=Vertical%20-%20Memory%20Care&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=57191782&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8jINlM_D_Lta06KH-U-l7rEUcpltr9_mWm4nRdDTfc2i6Hxp4Ms50eJ3eogBsTV4lX8ARKBl4g5CwuUrUaiYe0wpSthw&_hsmi=57191782
“Women who develop high blood pressure in their 40s may be more likely to develop dementia later in life, according to a study published today, 4 October 2017, in the medical journal Neurology.” https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/news/article/253/research_suggests_middle-aged_women_with_high_blood_pressure_could_be_at_increased_risk_of_dementia
Get in at the reduced rate of $1900! The seminar is approved for 7 CEUs for administrators, social workers and activity directors. “This program is a must for all healthcare professionals who care for residents…
CDP “Ingrid Constalie, activity director at Vernon Manor, was re-elected vice president of the Wisconsin Representatives of Activity Professionals (WRAP) by a statewide majority membership vote. She was sworn in with three other members of…
Butch Cassidy, CDP, CADDCT and CDCM, has been working for IntegraCare for 15 years. He is currently the company’s Regional LifeStyles and LifeStories Director. He recently trained “seven IntegraCare directors” and “coordinators in their quest…
Rodriguez is now the community relations director of Market Street Memory Care Residence, and Schacht is the new vice president of quality at Heritage Senior Living. http://www.mcknightsseniorliving.com/companies/people-in-the-news-sept-26/article/695510/
Get in at the reduced rate of $1900. This program is for personnel who are: corporate trainers, in-service directors, educators at learning institutions, consultants, and department heads. 7:30am-7:30pm, Linthicum, MD. Register for the CADDCT seminar: http://hfam.associationsonline.com/site_event_detail.cfm?pk_association_event=15143
Check out the Oklahoma Healthy Aging Initiative’s “Dementia Twenty-Four Seven Simulation Activity, which “gives students and professionals critical insight into this important question.” It’s free! Download it here: http://www.ouhsc.edu/ohai/Training/SimulationKits.aspx