Dementia Care for CNAs

Time: 8 Contact Hours

As a certified nursing assistant (CNA), you will need to work with all kinds of residents, and one of the most challenging types you will need to work with are residents who have dementia. Imagine if your loved one, all of a sudden, cannot remember why she’s standing in a room, or why she believes she’s not home and tries to wander away. Or worse, she doesn’t recognize you and treats you like an intruder!

Outcome

After taking this course, the expected outcome is that a CNA will apply methods of management of residents who have dementia.

Objectives

As a CNA, you will need to be proficient in the following skills:

• Identifying the difference between dementia and mere forgetfulness
• Identifying differences between Alzheimer’s and dementia
• Understanding how to approach and communicate with residents who have dementia
• Conducting behavior management
• Providing assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs)
• Identifying and providing activities for residents
• Managing stress of the resident with dementia
• Identifying resident environment issues
• Becoming familiar with ethical issues

Fair Use Disclaimer

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• Opera
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Instructions

Please select the ‘Dementia Care for CNAs’ lesson below to begin. As this course takes some time to complete, you may exit at any point and pick up right where you left off at any time.