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Who Should Attend?
At Dementia Training for Life, we stand by a strict code of ethics that guides the future care and dignity of individuals with dementia. To provide the best services the following professionals are urged to attend:
 Hospital, Assisted Living and Nursing Home Employees
 All Healthcare Workers
 First Responders
 Home Care Providers
                                                           Adult Day Care employees
                                                           Hospice Providers and Volunteers
                                                           Councilors and Care Managers
                                                           Elder Care Attorneys and Financial Planner
                                                           Elder Services staff
Excellent Care Standards
Dementia Training for Life provides educational programs where participants will learn how to provide care for individuals with dementia including:
  • Understanding the Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Treatment options
  • Communication techniques
  • Feelings and Emotions: Depression, Paranoia, Hallucinations
  • Difficult Behaviors: Wandering, Hoarding, Aggressive and Repetitive Behaviors
  • Intimacy and Sexuality
  • Managing Personal Care, Pain, and Nutrition throughout the stages
  • Activities and the Environment
  • Staff and Family Support
  • Diversity and Cultural Competence
  • Spiritual Care and End of Life Considerations

Dementia Training for Life is led by Laurie Gunter Mantz, Occupational Therapist, Certified Dementia Care Practitioner,
Instructor and Care Manager. By providing specialized training
to healthcare providers, first responders, homecare organizations and family members, individuals with dementia
will lead more productive, rewarding, independent and individual
centered lives.

For the Future of Dementia Care
“I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning to sail my ship.”
Aeschylus

Dementia Training for Life strives to provide the tools needed to empower those with dementia and their caregivers. Our goal is a life of dignity and independence while helping individuals make their personal choices known and respected for the person they have become. By training families and professionals on their special needs, as a community we can help them sail their own ship.
Benefits of Specialized Training
Hospitals: Proper training and programs will increase profits by reducing length of stay, reducing adverse reactions to
unnecessary medications, reduce re-admissions, improve employee retention, and improve customer satisfaction. Dementia Wristband Project available.
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Nursing Homes: Education will reduce difficult behaviors that
often result in over medication, falls, injuries to residents and staff, and hospitalizations. It will improve the quality of life for those diagnosed as well as the other residents of the facility. Education will improve customer satisfaction, referrals and admissions, as well as employee retention.
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Assisted Livings: 50% of those living in assisted living have some form of dementia. Traditional assisted living communities will be able to continue to provide services for residents that are not at risk, thus increase profits and maintain occupancy.
For those with specialized memory care, they will be able to provide a better quality of care, reduce hospital admissions, improve resident independence, improve customer/family satisfaction and reduce discharge rates to skilled nursing facilities.

Providers: These service providers will be able to
assist families to keep their loved ones at home longer, provide an improved quality of life for those diagnosed, reduce the incidence of “Caregiver’s Syndrome” by providing support to the family members, help identify unsafe situations, advocate for the clients with their medical providers, and act as a partner in care with family members who live a distance away. These
organizations will see an increase in their client base, revenue, and employee and customer satisfaction.
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First Responders: This group of professionals will be better
educated in the special needs of those with dementia. They will learn how to deal with difficult behaviors that are beyond the individual’s ability to control or communicate. They will be able to safely diffuse, transport (if necessary) and support those diagnosed and their loved ones with reduced force. This will reduce risk of injury (and cost) to the individuals diagnosed, their loved ones, and the first responders.