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Advanced Dementia at End of Life 1.2 - Assessment scales and the characteristics of advanced dementia
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- Price: FREE
Application to Social Work practice:
This program enhances social worker clinical practice by introducing tools used in serious illness and hospice settings to better support patients and families regarding changes to anticipate.
Application to Case Management:
This program enhances case management by introducing tools used in serious illness and hospice settings to better support patients and families regarding changes to anticipate.
3 Objectives
- Describe the importance of an interdisciplinary clinical group using validated assessment scaled when working with patients and families facing severe dementia and end of life.
- Use two (2) validated assessment scales to quantify advanced dementia and end of life.
- Identify three functions affected in advanced (severe) dementia (FAST 7a-7f).
3 Resources
- Ho, F. Lau, F. Downing, G. Lesperance, M. A reliability and validity study of the Palliative Performance Scale. BMC Palliative Care. (2008).7(10).
- National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health. Alzheimer’s Disease: Unraveling the Mystery. (2003). NIH Publication Number: 02-3782.
- Sheehan, B. Assessment scales in dementia. Ther Adv Neurol Disord. (2012) 5(6) 349–358.
Audience in Attendance
- Nurses
- Social Workers
- Case Managers
- Geriatric Case Managers
- Integrative Therapists
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Advanced Dementia at End of Life 1.2 - Assessment scales and the characteristics of advanced dementia
by: {item.event_host}
- Price: FREE
Application to Social Work practice:
This program enhances social worker clinical practice by introducing tools used in serious illness and hospice settings to better support patients and families regarding changes to anticipate.
Application to Case Management:
This program enhances case management by introducing tools used in serious illness and hospice settings to better support patients and families regarding changes to anticipate.
3 Objectives
- Describe the importance of an interdisciplinary clinical group using validated assessment scaled when working with patients and families facing severe dementia and end of life.
- Use two (2) validated assessment scales to quantify advanced dementia and end of life.
- Identify three functions affected in advanced (severe) dementia (FAST 7a-7f).
3 Resources
- Ho, F. Lau, F. Downing, G. Lesperance, M. A reliability and validity study of the Palliative Performance Scale. BMC Palliative Care. (2008).7(10).
- National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health. Alzheimer’s Disease: Unraveling the Mystery. (2003). NIH Publication Number: 02-3782.
- Sheehan, B. Assessment scales in dementia. Ther Adv Neurol Disord. (2012) 5(6) 349–358.
Audience in Attendance
- Nurses
- Social Workers
- Case Managers
- Geriatric Case Managers
- Integrative Therapists
Date & Time
, {item.event_start_time}
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, {item.event_end_time}
Location
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