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The Institute for Excellence in Memory Care transforms memory care by defining standards of excellence, cultivating memory care professionals, and introducing sustainable certification criteria for the dementia care community - Dementia Care with Heart™.
The Vivium Care group, founders of de Hogeweyk (the dementia village) in the Netherlands "be- the care concept," is the trademark program aimed at educating the world on the realization that natural, normal living is the best path for caring for our aging population. The Institute for Excellence in Memory Care received full endorsement of the education and training programs we provide.
Patty Piechocki, CTRS, QMCP
programming and continuing education manager
Patty Piechocki comes to the Institute for Excellence in Memory Care with over 30 years of experience in the geriatric field. She is a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Therapist and is a Qualified Memory Care Professional through the IEMC. Patty has worked in a variety of roles in memory support units, skilled nursing, assisted living, independent and day programs, as well as in physical rehabilitation units. Her passion focuses on Alzheimer’s and Dementia care where her background in therapeutic programming has allowed her to design, implement, and educate professionals in best practices in memory care.
Contact Patty Piechocki at patty@alzni.org or call 574-232-4121.
Pre-Recorded Webinars: Education at Your Convenience
Pre-Recorded Webinars Available
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Get Ready, Get Set: The Steps Before They Hit the Welcome Mat
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Rewind and Repeat: Common Repetitive Behaviors and Supportive Strategies
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Montessori Programming in Dementia Care
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Mild Cognitive Impairment: An Overview
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Re-Inspire the Fire 2025
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Programming and Activity Calendars
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Lewy Body Dementia: 101
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Frontotemporal Disorders: 101
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Sundown Syndrome: Tools to Respond vs React
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Life Histories: Capturing the REAL Me
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Understanding Apathy
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Respond -vs- React: Staying Cool when Behavioral Expressions Happen
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Pain and Dementia
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Dementia and Sexual Behaviors: Challenges, Insights, and Dignified Care Strategies
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Comprehensive Care Planning: Positive, Ability Focused Support
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Huntington's Disease: 101
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Disco, Denim, and Dementia: Caring for the Young-Onset Individual
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I Swear it's REAL! Confabulation, Hallucinations, and Delusions
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Living with Down's Syndrome and Dementia
Patty Piechocki, CTRS, QMCP
programming and continuing education manager
Patty Piechocki comes to the Institute for Excellence in Memory Care with over 30 years of experience in the geriatric field. She is a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Therapist and is a Qualified Memory Care Professional through the IEMC. Patty has worked in a variety of roles in memory support units, skilled nursing, assisted living, independent and day programs, as well as in physical rehabilitation units. Her passion focuses on Alzheimer’s and Dementia care where her background in therapeutic programming has allowed her to design, implement, and educate professionals in best practices in memory care.
Contact Patty Piechocki at patty@alzni.org or call 574-232-4121.
The Institute for Excellence in Memory Care (provider #1713), is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. The Institute for Excellence in Memory Care maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period : 06-14-2023 – 06-14-2026. Social workers completing this course will receive corresponding (General) Continuing education credits indicated for each class description.
