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Dementia Rehab and Management: Evidence-Based Update
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Course Description
This comprehensive course, Dementia Rehab and Management: Evidence-Based Update, is designed for healthcare professionals seeking to master the latest strategies in dementia care. Synthesizing landmark research and clinical guidelines from 2022–2025, the curriculum provides a stage-specific framework for managing the complex needs of patients across the dementia trajectory. You will gain practical, implementable skills in exercise prescription, nonpharmacological behavioral management using the DICE framework, and interdisciplinary coordination. By focusing on evidence-based safety strategies and validated outcome measures, this course empowers you to improve patient quality of life while reducing caregiver burden. Whether you work in long-term care, inpatient rehab, or community settings, this update ensures your practice remains at the forefront of modern geriatric care.
Dementia Rehab and Management: Evidence-Based Update
Additional Course Details
0:00 - Introduction
14:16 - Stage-Specific Care Principles
18:35 - Physical Therapy Across the Dementia Continuum
28:03 - Medication Effects and Advanced-Stage PT
31:20 - Medication Review and Fall Prevention
33:41 - Occupational Therapy: Overview
42:16 - Environmental Modifications by Stage
58:01 - Nursing Care in Advanced Dementia
60:58 - Interdisciplinary Integration Overview
63:17 - Care Coordination and Transitions
69:58 - Effective Staff Education
77:01 - Cost-Effectiveness Evidence
79:40 - Safety: Falls, Wandering, Medications
83:22 - Case Study 1
93:40 - Case Study 2
102:46 - Case Study 3
112:35 - Case Study 4
122:39 - Conclusion
139:44 - End
- Match exercise parameters (frequency, duration, session length) to appropriate dementia stages.
- Distinguish rehabilitation approaches appropriate for early-stage dementia from those used in moderate-to-advanced stages.
- Select nonpharmacological interventions for behavioral symptoms of dementia using the DICE framework.
- Recognize barriers and facilitators to implementing evidence-based dementia care interventions in care settings.
- Match validated outcome measures (MoCA, NPI, FIM motor subscale, QOL-AD) to appropriate assessment domains and dementia stages.
- Identify evidence-based safety strategies (fall prevention, wandering management, medication safety) for persons with dementia.
- Recognize cultural and linguistic adaptation strategies for providing dementia care to diverse populations.
Personnel Disclosure:
Financial – Anne Osborn, PT, MPT is the member manager of Ridley Learning. She receives compensation for the authorship of this course.
Nonfinancial - no relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
No relevant conflicts of interest exist for any member of the activity planning committee.
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