Implementing a Dementia Curriculum for Paraprofessionals

摘要

The document is a curriculum for training paraprofessionals in understandingdementia and managing behaviors resulting from dementia of residents in long term care facilities. The project adapted the training module to include in-home and adult day care/day health settings as well as long-term care institutions, and implemented the training across the state through four regional training sessions. The Northwest Area Health Education Center conducted the evaluation of the project in association with the staff of the J. Paul Sticht Center on Aging at the Bowman Gray School of Medicine. The North Carolina Department of Community Colleges, which participated in developing the training module, incorporated it into the Community College Occupations Extension Program. The North Carolina Division of Aging was the lead agency for the project.