Caring for Someone with Alzheimer’s and Dementia
This webinar offers real-world practical tips on how to care for someone with Alzheimer’s and dementia. It includes: understanding the skills required to respond to certain behaviors, role-playing of specific behavior scenarios, understanding triggers, and learning strategies for success. It also teaches redirecting tools when dealing with communication, wandering, rummaging, hiding things, aggressive behavior, bathing, and more.
Original Presentation Date – Tuesday, November 15, 2016
About The Presenter – Scott Greenberg
Scott Greenberg is currently president and CEO of ComForcare Senior Services, a private duty home health care agency in Palm Beach, Florida. Scott just completed his term as president of the Florida State Guardianship Association and now retains his position on the executive board as immediate past president. In addition, he serves as a board member of the National Guardianship Association. He is the treasurer for the Partnership For Aging and is on the advisory council for the Area Agency on Aging. He has served on Alzheimer’s Community Care’s special goodwill task force, and is a former AmeriCorp volunteer. He also developed and is part of the Lifespan Education and Resource Network speaker series and developed a second speaker series dedicated to family caregivers. Scott has written an award-winning book entitled, Oh My God, I’m Getting Older and So is My Mom, and hosts a weekly radio show on 900AM The Talk with the same title. Scott received his National Certified Alzheimer’s Educator designation from NCBAC in July 2014.
He is a frequent speaker on topics relevant to the senior community and has most recently spoken at FAU Lifelong Learning Society, Florida State Guardianship Association annual statewide conference, BMO Private Bank and Ruth Rales Jewish Family Services. Scott is proud of his collaboration with Alpert Jewish Family & Children’s Services in building a cultural competency in Holocaust caregiving. Scott has also recently been a guest on numerous radio shows around the country including KFWB Los Angeles California, KKNW Seattle Washington, KXYL Brownwood Texas, AM 600 WMT Cedar Rapids Iowa, among others discussing senior issues important to boomers and their parents.
Continuing Education Credit
This webinar has been approved by the Center for Guardianship Certification for 1.0 credit. This session was originally presented at the 2015 National Conference on Guardianship. Anyone who earned credit from attending that session will be unable to earn credit by attending this webinar.
