Industry Bulletins | April 9, 2021
Alzheimer’s Association Launches New Training & Certification Program To Enhance Dementia Care
The Alzheimer's Association® has launched a new training program with certification exam aimed at educating care professionals in long-term and community-based care settings — such as nursing homes, assisted living and in-home care — on current evidence-based, person-centered practices to care for people living with dementia. The Alzheimer's Association Person-Centered Dementia Care Training Program with “essentiALZ Exam®” offers a new opportunity for care professionals to receive high-quality care training and certification based on the nationally recognized Dementia Care Practice Recommendations, a set of evidence-based, person-centered dementia care practices to define quality . . .