Continuing Education
Dementia Awareness and Response for Public Safety Personnel
Presenter: Teepa Snow | MS, OTR/L, FAOTA | CEO, Positive Approach to Care® | Dementia Care and Training Specialist
Day/Time: Thursday, Sept. 23 | 2:00p - 4:00p
Catalog #: 47-531-452
Class #: 65816
Registration Fee: $21
Online Live via Zoom
Target Audience: This session is designed for all public safety personnel, such as those involved in fire response, law, and emergency medicine, including both direct service providers and administrative team members.
Educational Objectives:
By the completion of this session learners will be able to:
- Describe symptoms of dementia that impact care initiation and provision
- List behaviors that are indicative of dementia and may require ‘special’ approaches and handling
- Demonstrate selected techniques that reduce distress, encourage acceptance of assistance, and improve outcomes for both patients and providers
Registration
This course has been cancelled.
If you’re interested in dementia awareness training, please register for:
Using a Positive Approach to Dementia Care, Class#: 65819
Thursday, Sept. 23, 9am-noon.
More details and registration available here:
https://bit.ly/CaregiverConfProfDev
Teepa Snow is one of the world’s leading advocates and educators for anyone living with dementia or other forms of brain change. Teepa is an Occupational Therapist with over forty years of rich and varied clinical and academic experience. Her philosophy is reflective of her education, work experience, medical research, and first-hand caregiving experiences. Her advocacy efforts led her to the development of the GEMS® State Model for understanding the progression of dementia and changes in abilities. She also created the Positive Approach to Care® training strategies, which are effective techniques for anyone seeking to optimize care and support for those living with brain change. As the Education Director of Eastern North Carolina’s Alzheimer’s Association, she also helped to create the nation’s award-winning DVD entitled Accepting the Challenge: Providing the Best Care for People with Dementia. Her user-friendly approaches provide guidance and leadership to national efforts to promote best practices in care. Teepa’s company, Positive Approach to Care (PAC), was founded in 2006 and is now collaborating to improve dementia care in over thirty countries worldwide. PAC provides online and in-person services, training, and products to professionals, family members, the lay public, and people living with brain change.
Teepa presents with extraordinary expertise and humor to audiences large and small throughout the world. Please join in her mission to improve the culture of dementia care, one mind at a time.
Please visit www.teepasnow.com for educational video clips, DVDs, books, information on individual certifications, online support groups, virtual and onsite trainings, or to subscribe to a free monthly newsletter.
