May 22, 2012

Bathing a patient with dementia/Alzheimer’s

This DVD is now available at Amazon.com. Visit www.amazon.com This video is an excerpt of “The Art of Caregiving”", a 2 hour training DVD for caregivers. Teepa Snow, a nationally acclaimed Alzheimer’s and dementia care specialist, teaches her students how a person with dementia perceives his/her world and how to properly adapt one’s own behavior to increase communication and mutual understanding. Learn Teepa Snow’s effective hands-on techniques to ease your daily caregiving tasks and increase the quality of life for your loved one or patient. In this training DVD, Teepa demonstrates effective approaches to bathing, eating, dressing, transfers, and how to respond to certain types of behaviors in patients with dementia. “The Art of Caregiving” is presented by The Pines Education Institute of SW Florida and facilitated by Teepa Snow, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA. For more information please visit www.pinesofsarasota.com © 2011, Pines Education Institute of SW Florida and Teepa Snow
Video Rating: 5 / 5

Teepa demonstrating eating and drinking at diff dementia stages

Teepa Snow demonstrating eating and drinking at different stages of dementia

Behavioral Challenges in Dementia With Lewy Bodies – pt 3

From the January 2006 “Many Faces of Lewy Body Dementia” series at Coral Springs Medical Center, FL. A presentation by Tanis J. Ferman, Ph.D., Neurologist/Psychiatrist Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, FL Video provided by the nonprofit Lewy Body Dementia Association. www.lbda.org Please contact us for caregiving support, more information and additional resources. Thank you.
Video Rating: 5 / 5