Roy D. Steinberg, Peter R. Johnson, John Arden – Dementia And The Aging Brain

Roy D. Steinberg, Peter R. Johnson, John Arden – Dementia And The Aging Brain

Key concepts and vital strategies that will immediately impact your patients, their families and your practice…

Cognitive Rehabilitation is constantly evolving, and the treatment advances are dramatically improving quality of life for aging patients — are you confident that you’re applying the most current strategies, techniques and therapies with your patients?

Discover the newest tools, interventions and treatments necessary to ensure the best possible outcomes for your patients, their families, and your practice with this comprehensive, self-paced course which features real-world patient scenarios and practical case studies so you can apply the latest treatment advances.

When you enroll in this training, you’ll learn:

• Behavior-specific interventions and techniques to impact clients with depression, restlessness, delusions and combativeness
• The most current cognitive assessment tools to maximize the best possible client outcomes
• Strategies to recognize and treat patients with Dementia, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and more
• Documentation and medical necessity in accordance with Medicare guidelines
• Broaden your understanding of memory and pharmacology, and provide evidence-based interventions to help find the right approach for each patient
• And so much more!

Gain the knowledge, skills and confidence to improve your patients’ quality of life with this high-level cognitive rehabilitation training.

This online course will walk you through two engaging sessions:

SESSION 1:

The Aging Brain: Assessments, Treatments & Interventions for Alzheimer’s Disease & Other Dementias with Roy D. Steinberg, PhD

• Behavioral interventions to engage patients with dementia to participate in therapy
• In-depth therapeutic approaches and practical strategies to use for ADL re-training and functional mobility for patients with Alzheimer’s and Dementia
• Answers to your patients’ and their families’ concerns and fears related to the aging brain
• Tools to recognize underlying psychological conditions vs. dementia
• Evaluation and development of treatment plans for patients with dementia
• Cognitive interventions to maximize daily functioning

This dynamic session will help you more effectively understand and intervene with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias that affect your geriatric patients. In an energetic and uplifting style, Dr. Roy D. Steinberg will introduce you to a recipe of what works and what doesn’t with and for older adult patients and their care providers.

Dr. Steinberg will address the cognitive implications of the aging process in general, its effects on individual patients, and the pathological changes and functional manifestations specific to Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. Walk away with the tools necessary to differentiate the diagnostic criteria for various types of dementias seen in older adults, including Alzheimer’s disease, Vascular Dementia, Parkinson’s disease, Frontotemporal Dementia and Lewy Body Dementia.

You will return to your practice better able to participate in interdisciplinary approaches in evaluation and treating Alzheimer’s patients and their caregivers. You don’t want to miss this one-of-a-kind training.

SESSION 2:

Cognitive Therapy for Dementia: Effective Evaluation & Therapeutic Interventions with Peter R. Johnson, PhD, CCC-SLP

• Accurately stage dementia and use staging level to modify treatment
• Differentiate the forms of memory and the dementia diagnosis associated with each form
• Documentation and medical necessity in accordance with Medicare guidelines
• The role of medications and neurotransmitters in dementia

In this invaluable session you will learn the characteristics of dementia for effective differentiation of dementia as well as how to accurately stage your patients.

You will walk away with an array of therapeutic approaches based on the patient’s diagnosis and stage level for successful intervention. This session will broaden your understanding of memory and pharmacology and provide evidence-based direct and indirect interventions to help you find the right approach for each patient.

Additionally, you will discover how to fully comply with the recent Medicare policies (Jimmo v. Sebelius) and how these changes will impact treatment of your patients.