Changing Their World - Improving Alzheimer's and Dementia Awareness and Sensitivity

Program Description:

The Community College of Rhode Island's Healthcare Workforce Transformation Initiatives team is pleased to present a virtual enduring educational activity that will provide nurses and healthcare professionals the opportunity to gain knowledge and increase awareness and sensitivity of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, resulting in improved understanding of how to care for the person with Alzheimer’s or dementia and improving the patient/provider relationship.

Presenter:

Donna Ashworth, RN, MSN, CNE, Professor of Nursing, at CCRI and Clinical Nurse Specialist in Gerontology.

Who Should Attend:

Nurses, Dental Professionals, Healthcare Professionals, Allied and Rehabilitative Health Professionals, CCRI Health & Rehabilitative Sciences Students, Faculty, Alumni, and Clinical Instructors.

Learning Outcome:

Upon completion of this activity, participants will:

• Demonstrate increased knowledge of how to care for the person with Alzheimer's disease or dementia and improve the patient/provider relationship.

Credit Designation:

• Nurses:

  This nursing continuing professional development activity is provided by Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) for 2 nursing contact hours. CCRI is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Northeast Multistate Division Education Unit, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Expiration Date 7/1/26.

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This program is supported by funding from the Rhode Island Executive Office of Health and Human Services, Healthcare Workforce Transformation Program.