Professional Counselor - MFT - NBCC
Alzheimer's Disease: Unraveling the Mystery
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Target audience and instructional level of this course:
foundational
There is no known conflict of interest or commercial support related to this CE program.
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Course Description
This course is aimed at health-care professionals wishing to deepen their knowledge of Alzheimer’s Disease. Alzheimer’s is a type of dementia that affects memory, thinking and behavior. Symptoms eventually grow severe enough to interfere with daily tasks. Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia, a general term for memory loss and other cognitive abilities serious enough to interfere with daily life. Although intrinsically linked to old age, Alzheimer’s is not a normal part of aging. However, our aging society does make AD an especially critical issue. The 80 and older age group is now the fastest growing segment of the population, and this is particularly relevant when discussing neurodegenerative diseases like AD because the number of people with the disease doubles for every 5-year age interval beyond age 65.
This course describes the main areas in which researchers are working, and highlights new approaches for helping families and friends care for people affected by AD.
Alzheimer's Disease: Unraveling the Mystery
National Institute on Health
Learning Objectives
After completing this training the health care professional will be able to:
- Describe long-term care issues pertaining to the aging population.
- Describe alternative arrangements for the elderly.
- Identify mental health issues to which the elderly population is vulnerable.
- Identify alzheimer's stages, activities of daily living, cognitive and emotional changes
- Assess the treatment strategy currently being used by physicians for patients with Alzheimer's disease.
- Apply knowledge from this course to practice and/or other professional contexts.
Anne Brown Rodgers, Ph.D.
University of North Carolina
Published by National Institute on Aging, National Institute on Health
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