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1. Accurately stage the patient with dementia or other cognitive impairments
2. Utilize patient staging levels to design appropriate treatment interventions
3. Demonstrate successful intervention of Errorless Learning Techniques, Spaced Retrieval, Montessori-Based Dementia Programming, Reminiscence Therapy, and The Ability-Based Approach
4. Implement Validation Therapy, Reflective Listening, and Re-Direction to increase communication between you, the patient, and the caregiver
5. Document patient-centered goals, measure progress, and justify necessity through utilizing Medicare documentation guidelines
6. Distinguish the differential diagnosis of degenerative neurological diseases and detect how dementia symptoms vary among the diseases

DEMENTIA AND DISEASES

• Differential diagnosis of degenerative neurological diseases
  • Detect how dementia symptoms vary among the diseases

ASSESSING OR STAGING? WHAT DO THEY TELL US AND WHICH DO WE DO?

• Standardized assessments
• Patient-centered assessments
• “Staging Tools”
• What patient skills to expect at each stage
• Chronological ages that go with the stages

DOCUMENTING DEMENTIA SKILLED INTERVENTIONS

• Write patient-centered goals
• Measure progress and justify medical necessity
• Making daily documentation “skilled”
• Key words that reflect functional outcomes in dementia therapy

APPROACHES TO THE MEMORY SYSTEM

• Memory system to use for new learning/conscious memory
• Memory system for procedural learning unconscious memory
• Documenting memory systems per medical diagnosis

EVIDENCE-BASED THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS

• Errorless Learning
  • Error vs. Errorless learning
  • Directions for successful use of errorless learning
  • Interactive lab/case discussion
• Spaced Retrieval
  • Specific timing and directions of spaced retrieval for the dementia population
  • Designing a “prompt question”
  • Discipline-specific demonstrations using Spaced
  • Retrieval
  • Written goals and skilled documentation
• Montessori-based Dementia Programming
  • Translate Montessori teaching into successful therapy intervention
  • Retrogenesis: Understanding First In – Last Out Theory
  • Create structured stimulating activities appropriate to individual cognitive levels
  • Written goals & skilled documentation specific for
  • Montessori techniques
• Ability-Based Approach
  • Design successful therapeutic interventions according to patient abilities
  • Determine the patients best ability to function
  • Written goals & skilled documentation specific for ability-based techniques
  • Examples and case studies provided
• Reminiscence Therapy
  • Powerful use of the “senses” designed to awaken the soul
  • Know the patient is “alive inside”
  • Design individual and/or group Reminiscing Therapy sessions
  • Select activities and create reminiscing themes and kits
  • Written goals and skilled documentation
• Memory Books/Aids
  • Proven methods in presenting functional & factual information in written & picture format
  • Idea suggestions for individual stages of life/ “stages” of dementia

COMMUNCATION SKILLS: THE KEYS TO BEHAVIOR

• Reflective Listening
  • Listening from a position of empathy & emotional intelligence
  • Practice multiple verbal formulas proven for success
  • Client-centered communication – Reflection of Feeling
  • Avoiding pitfalls all listeners fall into
  • Interactive lab/case examples and discussion
• Validation Therapy: A Powerful Communication Tool
  • Principles and pointers for dismantling power struggles and resolving arguments
  • Accepting values, beliefs, and reality regardless of accuracy
  • Handling hallucination, delusions, hoarding, blamers, and accusers
  • Interactive lab/case examples and discussion
• Re-direction
  • Learn the key to “agree” with what the patients wants/needs through conversation
  • Case study for safety, ambulation, hallucinations, and delusions
  • Interactive lab/case examples and discussion

Jane Yakel, M.S., CCC-SLP, is a certified and licensed (VA #2202005215) Speech-Language Pathologist with over 40 years of experience in the care of persons suffering from neuropathology disorders. Jane is currently a private contractor and consultant in Virginia and has worked in a variety of settings including acute care, outpatient clinics, home health agencies, skilled nursing homes, independent and assisted living facilities, hospitals and schools. She has taught at the University of Wyoming, Utah State University and DeVry University (Phoenix). She has been a regional clinical specialist and a national trainer for rehabilitation program directors and has served as a director of a community re-entry program for traumatic brain injury survivors. She has shared her expertise as an author and presenter at national and state board continuing education courses on various topics including, Prospective Payment System; Medicare Documentation; Ethics and Professionalism; Comprehensive Assessment of the Adult Patient; Quality Indicators; QA/QI; Customer Service; Nursing Documentation; Managing Dysphagia as well as Cognitive Communication Disorders in the Neurological Impaired; Cognitive Rehabilitation and Dementia.

Jane is the author of two comprehensive manuals and informative guides in the field of Dysphagia and Cognitive Rehabilitation. Jane’s book, Dementia: Interventions for Severe Cognitive Impairments, gives detailed intervention strategies for professionals working with patients who suffer from significantly decreased cognitive status. The book is tailored for multiple disciplines within the healthcare field as well as caregivers.

Jane is a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, served as a representative for the People to People Ambassador Program for America Speech and Hearing Association and is a prior member of the Wyoming Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and audiology. She completed her undergraduate and graduate studies at the University of Wyoming, specializing in neuropathology. Jane currently owns ProStar Communications, LLC, a professional communications company, and Yakel Educations, LLC, a professional publishing company.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Jane Yakel is the owner of ProStar Communications, LLC and Yakel Educations, LLC. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.

Non-financial: Jane Yakel is a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

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Listed below are the continuing education credit(s) currently available for this non-interactive self-study package. Please note, your state licensing board dictates whether self study is an acceptable form of continuing education. Please refer to your state rules and regulations.

Certificates of Successful Completion are available for email, download and/or printing from your online account immediately following the successful completion of the post-test/evaluation.

**Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of mental health professionals. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners. For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.

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Nurses/Nurse Practitioners/Clinical Nurse Specialists - Credit Expired: 6/14/2021
No CE available for this board.

California Nurses: PESI, Inc. is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #:17118 for 6.0 self-study contact hours.

You will need to provide your license number to PESI. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.

Florida Nurses: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Florida Board of Nursing. Provider #: FBN2858. These materials qualify for 6.0 self-study contact hours.

Iowa Nurses: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Iowa Board of Nursing. Provider #: 346. Nurses successfully completing these self-study materials will earn 6.2 self-study contact hours.

Copies of the evaluation may be sent to the IBON. You will need to provide your license number to PESI. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.

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Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants
No CE available for this board.

Florida Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistant: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Occupational Therapy. Provider Number 50-399. This self-study course qualifies for 6.2 continuing education credits.

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Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants
This self-study course consists of 6.25 clock hours of instruction that is applicable for physical therapists. CE requirements for physical therapists vary by state/jurisdiction. Please retain the certificate of completion that you receive and use as proof of completion when required.

California Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants: PESI, Inc. is recognized by the Physical Therapy Board of California as an approval agency to approve providers. This self-study lecture qualifies for 6.25 continuing competency hours.

Illinois Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants: PESI, Inc. is a Registered Physical Therapy Continuing Education Sponsor through the State of Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation. License #: 216.000270. This self-study course qualifies for 6.0 CE credit hours.

New York Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants: PESI, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department, State Board for Physical Therapy as an approved provider for physical therapy and physical therapy assistant continuing education. This self-study course qualifies for 7.5 contact hours.

Texas Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants: This self-study activity is provided by the Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners Accredited Provider #2106032TX and meets continuing competence requirements for physical therapist and physical therapist assistant licensure renewal in Texas. This activity will provide 6.25 CCUs. The assignment of Texas PT CCUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by TPTA or TBPTE. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.

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Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists
This course contains 6.0 hours of self-study continuing education. It was not offered for ASHA CEUs. Please retain your certificate of completion. If audited for ASHA Certification Maintenance, you can submit this certificate of completion at that time. For state licensure, teacher certification renewal, or other credential renewal, contact those agencies for information about your reporting responsibilities and requirements.

California Speech-Language Pathologists/Audiologists: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the California Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board, #PDP 319. This course meets the qualifications for 6.0 hours of self-study continuing professional development credit for Speech-Language Pathologists or Audiologists, as required by the California Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board.

Kansas Speech-Language Pathologists: Approved for 7.5 self-study continuing education clock hours for Kansas licensed Speech-Language Pathologists by the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services.

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Other Professions
This self-study activity qualifies for 6.25 clock hours of instructional content as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Retain your certificate of completion and contact your board or organization for specific filing requirements.

Disclaimer: **Information obtained in this course should be used within your scope of practice.
**It is your ethical responsibility to report accurate hours to your licensing board.
**All self-study participants must complete and pass (80% or better) a post-test and evaluation prior to receiving a certificate of completion. If you require a copy of the test/evaluation for CE purposes, please print at the time you take the test. Or you may call our customer service department and a copy of your test/evaluation will be emailed to you. Please allow 30-45 days.

• Speech-Language Pathologists
• Occupational Therapists
• Occupational Therapy Assistants
• Physical Therapists
• Physical Therapist Assistants
• Directors of Nursing
• Nursing Home Administrators
• Registered Nurses
• Rehabilitation Nurses
• Certified Nursing Assistants
• Long Term Care Staff
• Activity Directors/Professionals