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Mar 14, 2025
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NURA 102 - Dementia Care1 Credits This course prepares students in fundamental education on dementia and dementia care, fostering sensitivity and respect, communication and responsive approaches for assisting patients with activities of daily living.
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Designed to Serve Students enrolled in the Nursing Assistant program as well as incumbent workers such as nurses, social workers, geriatric case managers, nursing home administrators, pastoral care staff, home care aides, and other long term staff and care givers. Active Date 2011-02-17
Grading Basis Decimal Grade Class Limit 24 Contact Hours: Lecture 11 Lab 0 Field Studies 0 Clinical 0 Independent Studies 0 Total Contact Hours 11 Degree Distributions: ProfTech Course Yes Restricted Elective Yes Course Outline Over view of Dementia / Alzheimer’s: Diagnosis, Prognosis and Treatment; Tests and Evaluations used for Dementia; Communication; Feelings and Repetitive Behaviors;Wandering; Hoarding and Paranoia and Hallucinations; Sundowning;Intimacy; Sexuality; Aggressive Behaviors and Catastrophic Behaviors;Depression and Alzheimer’s Disease;Personal Care such as Bathing, Dressing, Toileting, Eating, Swallowing and Sleep Disturbances; Activities & Alzheimer’s Calendars;Environment: Changes that make a difference; Staff and Family Relationships; Stress and the CareGiver;Multicultural Considerations; Pastoral Care and Preparing for End of Life.
Student Learning Outcomes 1. Define and describe dementia.
2. Identify common causes of aggressive, repetitive and sundowning behaviors in older adults.
3. Describe behavioral/care interventions that may be used to prevent, reduce or eliminate difficult care situations.
4.Describe challenges related to caregiver stress and utilize stress reduction techniques.
5.Demonstrate alternative activity interventions that are success oriented and failure free.
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