Professional Consultation
Consultation services provide guidance and support for your organization's memory support program. For example, our consultant can make regular visits to monitor the therapeutic level of care and how well your organization is meeting the needs of this special population. The consultant can provide a specific and focused assessment for problem solving, and education for any action plan implemented with your team of professionals. The expertise and knowledge of Institute professionals is ready to support your endeavors for excellence.
Mentoring Program for Professionals
Designed for professional directors of memory care programs, mentoring provides an ongoing quality guidance program for each individual. This includes job shadowing by the mentor to assess areas where support and direction can improve performance and outcomes. In addition, an overall assessment of the memory care program's strengths and weaknesses is provided.
Basic Six-Hour Dementia Training
This class meets the basic requirements by the Indiana State Department of Health for dementia training for all direct care staff. This program will provide your staff with the basic knowledge to identify your population's special needs and to begin implementing a more effective, person-directed approach to their care.
Certified Memory Care Professional (CMCP)
An entry level, three-session training package that is designed for direct care staff and their leaders who wish to advance their education. Upon completion of this 21-hour training course, and successful completion of an end-of-course examination, each participant will earn their credentials as a Certified Memory Care Professional (CMCP). This training utilizes the Institute for Excellence in Memory Care's curriculum, Dementia Care with HEART™.
Qualified Memory Care Professional (QMCP)
An advanced level of certification that offers an additional two-day (35 hours total) training course specifically designed for directors and managers. It builds on the first level of certification and focuses on management areas of day-to-day operations of a memory support program. The content encompasses program schedules, staffing assignments, assessment of population, admission and discharge criteria, regulatory focus issues, leadership techniques, team building, and how to teach and reach adult learners. Upon completion of the entry level certification (CMCP), successful completion of this enhanced level course, and successful completion of an end-of-course examination, each participant will earn their credentials as a Qualified Memory Care Professional (QMCP).
End-of-Life Dementia Care Professional Certificate (EDCP)
An entry level, 5-session training seminar that is designed for direct care staff who wish to advance their knowledge of end-of-life care with Dementia. Upon completion of this 5-hour course, each participant will earn the End-of-Life Dementia Care Professional (EDCP) certificate.
Dementia Care with HEART™: Community & Homebound Services Dementia Training Kit
With the increasing number of individuals living with dementia diseases, it is crucial to improve education, training, and organizational support for direct care workers and those who provide Community and Homebound Services. The Dementia Care with Heart Community and Homebound Services Dementia Curriculum was designed for organizations who want to arm their staff with the skills necessary to provide exceptional care with impeccable standards. This training is produced specifically for Community and Homebound Service organizations who wish to train their Professional Learners at their own pace and guidance. Our practicable, six-hour Dementia Curriculum Training kit is packed with accessible, interactive training modules and exercises that help your organization meet the basic statutory requirements and national training standards.
Pre-Recorded Webinars: Education at Your Convenience
Pre-Recorded Webinars Available
- Introduction to Expressive Arts in Memory Care
- Program Ideas for the Fellas
- Montessori Programming in Dementia Care
- Dining with Dementia
- Re-Inspire the Fire
- Dementia Care and Medications
- Lewy Body Dementia: 101
- Frontotemporal Disorders: 101
- Dealing with Family Caregiver Denial
- Helping Families with Challenging Roles
- Understanding Apathy
- Respond -vs- React: Staying Cool When Behavioral Expressions Happen
- Home or Institution? Making a Person Centered Home
- Getting to Know Me Through Activities
- Person Directed Care Plans
- Huntington's Disease: 101
- Comorbidities and Dementia
- I Swear! It's REAL! Confabulation, Hallucinations, and Delusions
- Helping Families Cope with the "New Normal"
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