Adapting Your Approach: Matching Your Care to Dementia Progression
The Adapting Your Approach: Matching Your Care to Dementia Progression Certification equips caregivers with the knowledge and practical skills needed to adjust care strategies as dementia progresses. Covering 60 minutes of training, this certification helps caregivers adjust care strategies based on early, middle, and late stages, and respond to changing behaviors while providing person-centered care throughout the course of the disease.
Designed for caregivers working in home care, community care, memory care, and residential care settings, this certification provides practical guidance on recognizing stage-specific needs, adapting communication and support techniques, and maintaining the person-centred approach to dementia care emphasized in British Columbia as abilities change over time. Caregivers gain the confidence to adjust their approach appropriately at every stage of the disease.
60 mins Certificate included 100% online English Audio & Captions
Learning Objectives
What you'll learn
This certification includes specialized training in the following key dementia progression areas:
- Understand the general progression of dementia through early, middle, and late stages.
- Recognize stage-specific changes in cognition, communication, and physical ability.
- Adjust care strategies and daily support to match the individual’s current stage and needs.
- Respond to changing behaviors with flexible, person-centered approaches.
- Maintain dignity and independence by adapting tasks and expectations as abilities change.
- Support emotional well-being through transitions between stages of the disease.
- Recognize signs that indicate a shift in stage or need for updated care planning.
- Communicate changes in condition and function to family members and care teams.
What's inside
This course includes
How-to instructional videos
Interactive learning activities
Knowledge checks throughout
Audio narration
Closed captions (accessibility)
Certificate of completion
Scenario-based videos
Downloadable checklists
Mobile-friendly access
Progress saving (resume anytime)
