Practical dementia care education simplified, so you can focus on what matters most.

Get everything you need to lead six sessions of dementia care expert Teepa Snow's foundational dementia content in convenient bite-sized pieces!

Your USB flash drive will come pre-loaded with these materials in PDF format:

- Session Scripts (PDF)
- Session PowerPoint Presentations (PDF)
- Session Handouts (PDF)
- Session Videos (in MP4 format)
- "Certificate of Attendance" template (editable PDF)

These six, separate 1.5-hour sessions are intentionally designed to be facilitated by anyone who has an interest in sharing Teepa Snow's person-centered dementia care message in a professional, convenient, and practical way.

These sessions work perfectly as In-Service Sessions for facility care staff, and health care professionals. They are equally useful for anyone who has a curiosity about dementia, such as family care partners, hands-on care aides, volunteers, faith communities, and the general public.

This six-part workshop is designed to help participants:

1. Discover an appreciation for what happens when a brain is changing due to some form of dementia rather than normal aging or high-stress lifestyles. By understanding what happens to the brain in development and in dementia, we can begin to understand not only what is lost, but what is retained, to provide that ‘just right' support

2. Be introduced to the GEMS State model of the progression of dementia, and how we can adapt our approach to create positive relationships

3. Practice focusing on the adaptation of identifying and offering visual, verbal, and touch cues to approach and connect with a person living in any state of dementia through the Positive Physical Approach

4. Learn how we as care partners can become advocates for people as relationships and tasks of daily living are impacted

Included Objectives:

- Part 1: What is Dementia, Really?
- Part 2: What Brain Changes and Shifts in Ability are Noticed When Dementia Happens?
- Part 3: Looking at Progression and Seeing More than Loss: The GEMS State Model
- Part 4: The GEMS State Model: In the Right Setting with the Right Care, all GEMS Can Shine
- Part 5: New Skills for Helping and Supporting
- Part 6: Being an Advocate and Building a Support Team

The included script is designed to help the facilitator encourage experiential learning and discovery on the part of the participants and refrain from traditional lecture.

Please note: You will receive the USB Flash Drive with digital files on it, which you can print as needed. This listing does NOT include paper printouts.