PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE APPROVED SEMINAR
For Personal Care Home Administrators & Assisted Living Directors
Approved for 8 CEU’s

HAPPY, SAFE, HEALTHY & DIGNIFIED RESIDENTS WITH DEMENTIA

Irwin, PA - Thursday, June 28, 2007
St. Marys, PA - Friday, June 29, 2007

To PCH Administrators and AL Directors (NHA’s would need to submit request to have these CEU’s apply):

I have been approved by the Pennsylvania DPW to provide 8 CEU training hours toward your required annual 24.

All seminars run from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Continental breakfast, lunch and snack are included in the seminar price. Due to the length of the seminar (DPW says I MUST talk for 8 hours), the lunch break is only 30 minutes long. Please call the hotel for directions to the seminar sites. Seminars will be listed under the name "M.I.N.D. in Memory Care."

I prefer all attendees submit payment in advance of the seminar date. Prices are listed next to each seminar. My fees are dependant on my costs at each facility, and I go to great lengths to find ways to keep the costs to you reduced.

I offer a $20 discount for each additional registrant from the same facility/company.

From one of Cindy's workshop attendees:

"Cindy's up to date workshop on managing the behaviors of persons with dementia (PWD) provided useful and realistic interventions for anyone working with this special client population. She covered a number of dementia behaviors such as pacing and wandering, catastrophic reactions, disruptive behaviors and the triggers that often precipitate the behaviors. Most importantly, she provided many real world examples of scenarios which have occurred in her nursing practice in relation to dementia. I have used a number of her suggested responses with great success. I strongly endorse her workshops as well as her educational DVDs."

Darlene Clark, RN, MS, Senior Lecturer in Nursing, Penn State University

Note that in the event of low enrollment, I may need to cancel a seminar and would contact you approximately 7-10 days in advance of the seminar date (and refund entire amount paid). There will be a $20 fee for your cancellation more than 10 days prior to the seminar, and any cancellations 5 days or less prior to the seminar date will be refunded half of the seminar fee paid. There will be no refund without a cancellation prior to the day of the seminar.

Business checks may be made out to “Cindy Keith” or to “M.I.N.D. in Memory Care” and mailed to:

Cindy Keith
151 Fairlawn Avenue
State College, PA 16801

*Returned checks will be assessed a $30 fee, and entire amount must then be paid with a cashier’s check.

I would like you to know that I have created a front-line staff training video which I will have available at these seminars for purchase.  Attendees at this seminar have consistently given it the highest ratings, and although this will be a long day, I will try to make it a FUN day also.

To register, print and fill out the seminar registration form and fax to (814) 235-0695 OR call Cindy at (814)-235-0691 to register by phone.

Irwin, PA, Westmoreland Co. - Juniper Village at Huntington Ridge
(formerly Cordia Commons)
(724) 863-2600
Thursday, June 28, 2007
$119.00

St. Marys, PA, Elk Co. - Gunners Inn
(814) 834-2161
Friday, June 29, 2007
$142.00

*I offer a $20 discount for each additional registrant from the same facility/company.

HAPPY, SAFE, HEALTHY & DIGNIFIED RESIDENTS WITH DEMENTIA

1. Dementia Diagnosis:
   1. What is it and what does it feel like to have it?
   2. Warning signs prior to diagnosis and how dementia is diagnosed
   3. Different types of dementia = different behaviors exhibited
   4. How dementia differs from/resembles brain injuries, MR, or other impairments
2. Your "Objective" with this population:
   1. Based on the objective, what are the needs you must see to?
   2. Pain; Hydration; Maintaining weights, happiness and safety; Wandering
   3. Common, incorrect caregiver responses;
   4. Looking at Resident Rights in a different light when dealing with dementia
3. Staff Interventions - develop scenarios of common staff responses to dementia residents
   1. "What If" scenarios to plan for positive outcomes
   2. Potential for allegations of abuse/neglect by caregivers of this population
4. Dementia Facts and Figures
   1. How much does it cost you if your residents show aggression?
   2. Let's look ahead to 2025 and your facility's dementia population
   3. Staff dementia training-- how much is enough & how to tell if training is inadequate
5. Trickle-down effects of management, and effective management tips
   1. What kind of manager are you?
   2. What worked well for me in a dementia dedicated assisted living facility
   3. What motivates staff to stay with you and improve your quality of care?
   4. "Better Jobs/Better Care Demonstration Grant" domains and criteria for recruitment/retention of quality caregivers
6. Multiple ways to improve your care for people with dementia and other disabilities:
   1. Eden Alternative, Wellspring Program, Pioneer Movement
   2. Snoezelen Room
   3. Benefits of these changes to residents, to staff and to your bottom lines
   4. Other ideas to create a safer, more pleasant environment for impaired residents
   5. Activities in your facility and effects on depression
7. Summary; Discussion; Q & A; Feedback/Evaluation

Would you like to register for the seminar?

Print and fill out the seminar registration form and fax to (814) 235-0695 OR call Cindy at (814)-235-0691 to register by phone.

Alzheimer's and Dementia Counseling and Education
call Cindy Keith of M.I.N.D. in Memory Care
(814)-235-0691
keithc@mindinmemorycare.com