This training answers the following questions:
What is dementia? What does it look like? What does it feel like? What are the different types of dementia? What are the stages of the disease?

This training covers the following topics:
Is Alzheimer's the same as dementia? What are the different types of dementia? How do these diseases form? What are their characteristics, What are their trajectories for decline? Who is likely to develop one of these diseases? What are the sensory changes involved in this disease?

This training offers keys to communicating including:
What to say, What not to say, Communicating effectively with validation, and understanding non-verbal communication.

This training includes:
Common behaviors, What behaviors look like, What approaches work, What approaches are less effective, How to view behaviors, How to work with dementia behaviors.

Understanding the different stages of the disease process, Characteristics of each stage, Abilities and needs at each stage, How to adapt to the changes, Death, Ethical considerations

This training includes all of the dementia trainings in a full day seminar that includes Dementia Assistant Certification for all participants (no limit on the number of attendees). The seminar can be split up into two 4 hr or four 2 hr sessions as needed.