Caring for Caregivers of People Living With Dementia
What You’ll Learn
Learn how to assess caregiver burden and connect caregivers with needed support systems.
Learning outcomes for this course include:
- Describe the population of caregivers of people living with dementia, their many responsibilities, and the impact of caregiving on caregivers.
- Identify tools that professionals use to assess caregiver well-being.
- Identify caregiving support sources, such as respite care, support groups, caregiver education, and safe return programs.
What You’ll Earn
After completing the course, you’ll earn a Verification of Attendance certificate.
Only CAPC members who are logged in can earn the following free Continuing Education Credits:
- 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
- Case Management: 0.75 CE
- Nursing: 0.75 CNE
- Social Work: 1.00 CE (NYSED)
Social work credits are approved by the New York State Education Department. Social workers licensed outside of New York should contact their regulatory board to determine course approval for continuing education credits.
This course is open-to-all at no cost.
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Tools & Resources
Key Takeaways for Course 5 of the Best Practices in Dementia Care and Caregiver Support Unit.
Print or email this handout of caregiver resources for education and support.
CaringKind's flyer informing of their new guide: Finding Comfort: LIving with Advanced Dementia in Residential Care
Validated tools for assessing caregiver health and well-being.
Community-based resource locators and support services.
Fill out this worksheet with contact information for community-based services in your area, and supply to clinical staff or patients and families.
Online Resource of Evidence-Based Dementia Caregiving Programs. Partnership between the Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging and the Family Caregiver Alliance. Presentation to the Dementia Care Alliance, June 2, 2021.
Course citations. Center to Advance Palliative Care, 2024.
Single source of detailed information to learn about and compare more than 40 evidence-based programs to support caregivers of people with dementia. For use by healthcare and community service organizations, providers, funders and policy makers.
Resource locator, education, and support for caregivers, including disease-specific information.
Medicare locator of home health agencies.
Guidance from the Alzheimer's Association on utilizing CPT code 99483.
PDF resources can be printed or emailed. Some resources also available in Spanish.
A storytelling podcast about Alzheimer's and dementia caregiving.
Shared by Caring.com
Shared by Caring.com
A journal article about a study of the effects of a nonpharmacologic intervention, Music and Memory (M&M), on residents with dementia and/or behavioral problems living in nursing homes.
From the Alzheimer's Association.
Training clinicians to support people with dementia and their caregivers, and guidance for quality improvement initiatives.
Course Faculty
Dave Carper, MDiv, BCC. Counseling Resource Officer, Bluegrass Care Navigators
Constance Dahlin, MSN, ANP-BC, ACHPN, FPCN, FAAN. Consultant, Center to Advance Palliative Care
Maribeth Gallagher, DNP, PMHNP-BC, FAAN. Dementia Program Director, Hospice of the Valley
Macie P. Smith, Ed.D, LBSW, SW-G. Diversified Training Consultants Group
Eric Widera, MD, Professor of Medicine, University of California San Francisco
Peer Reviewers
Margaret Colbert, LMSW, Inpatient Social Worker, Mount Sinai West
Kesha Graham, LISW-CP, ACM-SW. Palliative Care Clinical Social Worker, Medical University of South Carolina
Sherika Newman, DO. Founding CEO, Doctor in the Family, LLC*
Caroline Taverna, LMSW, Palliative Care Social Work Fellow, Mount Sinai Beth Israel
*indicates ABIM Peer Reviewer
Contact information: For answers to frequently asked questions about CAPC courses, read the Online Course FAQ. For technical questions about course activity, email [email protected]. For questions about continuing education credits, contact 201-957-0077.
Provided by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
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Course 1 of 8
Gain an overview of the experience of living with dementia and learn how to relieve distress for patients with dementia, and their caregivers.
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Course 2 of 8
Learn how to discuss a dementia diagnosis with patients and caregivers in a way that is sensitive, clear, and supportive.
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Course 3 of 8
Learn techniques for supportive communication with people living with dementia, and their caregivers, to help them prepare for the challenges they may face as dementia progresses.