Dementia Care Required Courses

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Ashland
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Rice Lake
Superior
Balsam Lake Outreach Center
Hayward Outreach Center
Ladysmith Outreach Center

Dementia Care Certificate (Spring 2025)

Suggested Course List

Dementia Care Certificate (Spring 2025)

Suggested Course List

Dementia Care Certificate (Spring 2025)

Suggested Course List

Dementia Care Certificate (Spring 2025)

Suggested Course List

Gerontology - Aging Services Professional Pathway Required Courses

2024-25

Gerontology - Aging Services Professional Pathway Required Courses

2025-26

Gerontology - Aging Services Professional Pathway Required Courses

2023-24

Gerontology - Aging Services Professional Pathway Required Courses - 3 Year

2024-25

Gerontology - Aging Services Professional Pathway Required Courses - 3 Year

2025-26

Gerontology - Aging Services Professional Pathway Required Courses - 3 Year

2022-23

Gerontology - Aging Services Professional Pathway Required Courses - 3 Year

2023-24


Program Courses

10544100
|
UGRD
| 3 CR
Develop effective communication strategies and supportive interview techniques that enhance rapport and relationships with aging populations. Apply ethical principles, standards and boundaries that acknowledge self-determination.
10544105
|
UGRD
| 3 CR
Examine the signs, symptoms and stages of Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia and how these diseases affect physiology and brain function. This course focuses on the principles of communicating and providing care to individuals with memory loss and confusion while learning the best practices for dealing with behavior changes, challenges with the activities of daily living, and strategies to assist caregivers.
10544107
|
UGRD
| 3 CR
Explore societal, cultural, and personal views of death, dying, and bereavement. Examine losses experienced during the course of aging beyond the physical and emotional process of death and dying. Determine strategies for healthy transitions in coping with loss.
10544111
|
UGRD
| 3 CR
Analyze legal and financial concepts and structures including Power of Attorney for health care/finance, guardianships, trusts, reallocation of assets, spending down, Medicare/Medicaid benefits, supplemental insurance, Social Security, elder abuse/neglect, financial exploitation, and relevant governmental policies. Apply knowledge through advocacy to benefit aging adults on local, state and federal levels.

Total Credits: 12


Contact

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Rice Lake Admissions Contact

Nicole Messicci

Admissions Advisor

715.788.7144

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Ashland Admissions Contact

Jennifer Bednarik

Admissions Advisor

715.685.3039

Contact

New Richmond Admissions Contact

Sherry Rehnelt

Admissions Advisor

715.752.8136

Contact

Superior Admissions Contact

Anna Kalin

Admissions Advisor

715.319.7331

Contact

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