“How to Establish and Maintain Door through Door Transportation Services for Seniors,” Prepared by WESTAT in conjunction with The Beverly Corporation.
http://beverlyfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/HowToGuide_DoorThroughDoorTransportation.pdf
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Download our in-service, “Tips for Dealing with Stress and the Holidays.” Make your holidays safe and memorable!
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“New Glen Ellyn Memory Care Center to Launch Education Series,” mySuburbanLife.com, 11/14/16.
“Tami Neumann and Catherine Braxton from the Silver Dawn Training Institute will talk about how to better communicate with loved ones who have dementia. Neumann is a certified dementia practitioner, and Braxton has spent 20…
This is a must read! “CNA: Aging Services 2016 Claims Report: Using Evidence to Achieve Excellence, Engage and Lead, Succeed.”
https://www.cna.com/web/wcm/connect/a669c765-f601-4823-b0bc-a53a021a9210/Aging-Services-2016-Claim-Report.pdf?MOD=AJPERES
Check out these great books on the topic of dementia. Great resources for caregivers:
Connecting in the Land of Dementia, The Elder Cliff, Inside the Dementia Epidemic, Activities for the Family Caregiver, The Dementia Concept, and Activities 101 for the Family Caregiver. All available on Amazon.
“Talking About End of Life Issues, A Unique Card Game Can Help,” Verywell.com
“Unique playing cards, called GoWish, are being innovatively used by Norwell Visiting Nurse Association (NVNA) and Hospice to entice seniors to talk about their end of life wishes.” https://www.verywell.com/unique-tools-to-entice-seniors-to-have-the-talk-197510
A great resource from the NIH: “Managing Personality and Behavior Changes: Alzheimer’s Caregiving Tips.”
https://www.nia.nih.gov/alzheimers/publication/managing-personality-and-behavior-changes?utm_source=20161108&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ealert
Check out the NCCDP’s latest newsletter! Learn more about our Memory Care Neighborhood Commendation certification.
Members: it is time to download our free tool kit and in-services now! See the newsletter for details. http://ymlp.com/zyYNWx
“The ‘Illogical Logic’ of Memory Care,” Greater Media Newspapers.
http://www.gmnews.com/2016/09/07/the-illogical-logic-of-memory-care/
“The HealthCare Chaplaincy Network (HCCN) and the Spiritual Care Association (SCA) have created two opportunities to raise nurses’ and social workers’ spiritual care knowledge and delivery.”
Check out the courses offered by the SCA: https://www.spiritualcareassociation.org/course-catalog/spiritual-care-for-nurses.html