Recommended Dementia Education Agenda 

Please note: Changes may be made to the order of the curriculum to account for scheduling needs.  However, we recommend the schedule below for optimal learning of material, especially in the High School Career Centers.

*Others may opt to do 6-8 hours of training per day to complete curriculum within one week.

 

Week # 1 or Lessons 1-5

Lesson 1

(Day 1)

Pre-Test- Measure student’s knowledge of dementia before curriculum starts.

Start with Improv

Use these activities to create an environment where the students let go of what they think they knew about dementia, learn how to be a team and allow themselves to be vulnerable, and learn how to be flexible when caregiving isn’t going their way or they need to adapt quickly to a new situation.

Canvas https://login.iu.edu/guest/new

Key Components of Improv:

Listening, Accepting, Supporting, Taking Risks, Letting Go.

Dementia overview/Neuro - Slides

(Hand out HIPAA forms to return prior to visit to facility)


Lesson 2

(Day 2)

VDT/Communication

Enhancing the environment

Experiential activity (VDT)

Have students jot down 2-3 thoughts about experience to discuss in class.

Can start with de-brief and review today, if time.

VIRTUAL DEMENTIA TOUR® is a Second Wind Dreams program and to gain full access you can obtain permission to use the full program through their training. For the purposes of this curriculum you will need a Certified Trainer present during this portion unless you complete the course required by Second Wind Dreams and purchase the materials through them so that we respect the rights of the VDT.

Lesson 3

(Day 3)

PPA/Hand under Hand/VDT Review

Debrief and review for VDT (if not done previously)

Improving Communication and Approach - Slides

  • Practice together.

  • Teepa 10 ways to de-escalate video

Lesson 4

(Day 4)

Medical and Holistic Approaches to Dementia Care (Delirium / Depression / Dementia) - Slides

Lesson 5

(Day 5)

Preparing to Meet your Buddy and Test

Classroom Conversations: Here we would like you to discuss in your classroom setting what it would be like to have the barrier of communication through conversation and how your students see themselves connecting with their buddy when they visit with them. Utilize some of the films suggested to spark that conversation.

Using some questions like the following can be helpful:

  •          How did that film make you feel?

  •         What was the positive moments and what were the negative?

  •          How can we shift our focus to connect and give better care?

Film suggestions to review for discussions about connection and communication in professional caregiving.

This PBS project brings some of the film clips right back here to your home town/state of Bloomington IN at Jill’s House Assisted Living and Memory Care. You can find all three of these at the link provided.

Alzheimer’s: What You Can Do

https://www.pbs.org/show/dementia-documentary-series/

               “Alzheimer’s: What You Can Do”

                “Revolutionizing Dementia Care”

                “Alzheimer’s: The Caregiver’s Perspective”


Alive Inside has always brought the heart of connection through music and dementia. You can find that link here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9IHUPamCB4

***ON HOLD for suggestion at this moment - Love is Listening will always be one of our suggestions to use as a tool for conversation, but currently is not available for purchase and now may come with some agreement commitments by the Founders in order to obtain the film. You can reach out to them with the contact information given and or through the website if you are interested in pursuing an agreement to use the film. We continue to recommend this documentary the most when it is available once again.

You can continue use the website as a tool for discussion. www.memorybridge.org

*You can view the documentary Love Is Listening by Memory Bridge prior to meeting with buddies, discuss how the connection and experiences of the film can inspire them to let go and allow the communication to happen through connection. This film can be found on Amazon.

Review

  • Types of care settings

  • HIPAA

  • Biopsychosocials

  • Review Care Plans

  • Prepare for meeting your buddy (choose partners)

Week #2 or Lessons 6-8

Lesson 6

Day 1

Trip to Facility to meet buddy

  • Gather data from visit about your buddy - Reminders

  • Biopsychosocial template

    • *Instructors remember to collect all retrieved information from students and return to them the next day in class so that none of the collected information is left outside of the spaces where student have permission to review.

Lesson 7

Day 2

Care Planning at All Stages - Power Point

Day 3

Review and Complete Care plans and Program with Partner (Test make up day)

Discussion on what it’s like to be a Caregiver & Caregiver Video

  • Review elements of care planning and creating a program

  • Using biopsychosocial template to work on care plan

  • Work on presentation prep- time in class-go over what is expected

  • Presentation evaluation to review

Lesson 8

Day 4

In Care setting

Implement program with Buddy

Return to classroom to work on presentations

Day 5

Debrief and Care plan / program presentations

Discuss care setting experience and questions and finish presentations

Present care plan and programs – what worked, what didn’t? (5 minutes, with partner) (use evaluation for grading presentations)

Teacher Reference & Print outs

Questions or Updates

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