Workshops 4-6 

Meaningful Activities for Positive Dementia Care,

Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia,

Identifying Behavioral Challenges in Dementia
 

Senior Helpers of Central Texas is offering this revolutionary new training program to the wider community in order to increase awareness and provide more effective techniques & strategies when caring for those suffering from dementia.

Workshop 4 Objectives:

• Recognize the value of activities and the impact it has on a person’s well-being.
• Distinguish between the four categories of activities and discover how creating a balance between them can provide positive outcomes for the person with dementia.
• Identify key strategies that can be useful when planning and adapting an activity based on functional level.

Workshop 5 Objectives:

• Define normal again, mild cognitive impairment, and dementia and discuss the relationship between the three.
• Define frequently observed and experience “odd” behaviors to change in brain function that are a part of dementia.
• Explain the differences between normal and abnormal changes in brain functions associated with the aging process.

Workshop 6 Objectives:

• Define types of common behavioral challenges that can affect people with dementia
• Define predictors that can cause behavior challenges
• Explain strategies that can lessen or even reverse behavior challenges to make a difference to both the patient and families

The Senior GEMS Workshop Series consists of a variety of workshop topics related to dementia and the Senior Gems® program. They are written and presented in a way to provide knowledge and working skill sets particular for that care setting. Each session is designed to build on current knowledge of the disease and educate on real strategies to provide effective care. 

The goal of the Senior Helper’s Workshop series is to better educate our community and to turn can’t into can by empowering the community through education that will change how we care for those with dementia.  Each workshop is interactive by encouraging questions and implementing short activities to provide a fun learning environment. 

The Workshops were designed by Teepa Snow, who has over 30yrs experience. You will learn about the different scales and/or steps that Teepa researched and finally designed the “GEMS” program using the Allen Cognitive Theory. 

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