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Free CEU Programs
We thank the dementia care workforce for all you do to support individuals living with dementia and their caregivers. New this year, we will be offering free CEU programs throughout the year for dementia care professionals in lieu of our annual professional conference. We recognize the importance of flexibility when it comes to educational opportunities. We hope you will join us at one of our live, virtual offerings.
Creating Dementia-Friendly Reading Material
3/20/2025, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. | Presented by Susan Ostrowski, MA, MS, CCC-SLP, ASHA-Certified Speech-Language Pathologist, Co-Founder, Reading2ConnectWho should attend?
- Professionals working in the field of dementia care
- Activity professionals responsible for creating opportunities for meaningful engagement
- Family caregivers interested in learning ways to connect with their loved ones throughout the disease process.
Why Attend?
You will learn:- Two reading skills that are often preserved for someone living with dementia.
- Three text modifications are often needed as dementia advances.
- Three benefits of adapted reading for people living with dementia.
Summary
This one-hour session will debunk three preconceptions involving our belief of what adult reading text should look like; our limited idea of what it means to read; and our notion that individuals living with dementia can no longer read. Attendees will learn how dementia affects the reading process and will practice creating age/dementia-friendly reading material. Interactive reading will be demonstrated, which provides support for expression and helps to deepen relationships. Most extraordinary, adapted reading can lessen isolation and boredom, and provide authentic opportunities for independence, competency, and learning. Join us for this interactive and insightful session.CEUs:
- Nursing: This program meets the requirements of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing at 244 CMR 5.00 for 1 contact hour.
- Social Work: This program has been approved for 1 Social Work Continuing Education hours for relicensure, in accordance with 258 CMR. NASW-MA Chapter CE Approving Program, Authorization Number D 93060
- Activity Professionals: This program has been approved by the National Certification Council for Activity Professionals (NCCAP) for 1.0 continuing education hour for activity professionals, NCCAP 525018-26.
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Upcoming CEU Programs
LGBTQIA+ Panel Discussion: Offering Culturally Sensitive Care
Moderated by Lisa Krinsky, MSW, LICSW, Director of the LGBTQIA+ Aging Project, a program of the Fenway Institute at Fenway Health in BostonApril 3, 2025
12:00 - 1:00 pm ET
Virtual
Why Attend?
- Learn important factors related to offering culturally sensitive care
- Understand the challenges this unique population faces
- Understand the importance of reducing stigma
CEUS
- Nursing:This program meets the requirements of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing at 244 CMR 5.00 for 1 contact hour.
- Social Work: Application for social work continuing education credits has been submitted. Please contact Lorraine Kermond, lkermond@alz.org, for the status of social work CE accreditation.
How to Have Health Care Planning Conversations with Your Clients and Families: Tips & Strategies
* Attendees will receive a HCM Health Care Planning Ambassador CertificateMay 15, 2025
12:00 - 1:00 pm EST
Virtual
Presented by Ellen M. DiPaola, JD, President & CEO, Honoring Choices Massachusetts.
Why Attend?
- Learn how to have difficult conversations regarding serious illnesses
- Support people in writing down their care goals and preferences for future care, including end of life care.
- Become a certified HCM Health Care Planning Ambassador
At the end of this session, each attendee will become a certified Honoring Choices Health Care Planning Ambassador. Ambassadors help adults make their own personal care plan with MA planning documents, and empower adults to talk with their care providers for the best possible care today and over their lifetime.
CEUS
- Nursing: This program meets the requirements of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing at 244 CMR 5.00 for 1 contact hour.
- Social Work: Application for social work continuing education credits has been submitted. Please contact Lorraine Kermond, lkermond@alz.org, for the status of social work CE accreditation.
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Person-Centered Dementia Care: A Habilitation Therapy Training Curriculum
Includes the Alzheimer’s Association’s New Dementia Care Practice Recommendations and the opportunity to purchase essentiALZ® certification for direct care staff.Our curriculum is a train-the-trainer model created to prepare attendees, already familiar with Alzheimer’s and dementia care, to train direct care staff in a wide range of residential and community-based care settings. The 7-hour training teaches attendees how to deliver the 13-hour curriculum based on the person-centered model of Habilitation therapy. CEUs are provided. Please click here to learn more.
Previous Presentations - Recording Available
CEUs are not available for recorded sessions- Feb 2025 - Challenges of Dual Diagnosis: Prior Mental Health and The Effect on the Course of Dementia Care
- Jan 2025 - Differentiating Dementias: Treatments and Care Approaches
- Dec 2024 - Person-Centered Dementia Care: Understanding Behaviors and Effective Communication
- Nov 2024 - Navigating the Dementia Care Journey, featuring Brent Forester and Journalist Tom Harrison