Online Course: Living with Alzheimers Disease
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Online Class: Living with Alzheimers Disease

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This course will teach you to provide excellent care to a loved one with Alzheimer's Disease in your own home there by saving thousands of dollars on nursing home placement. This will improve the quality of their life and yours. The class teaches you how to be a care giver and how to cope with being a care giver. Safety and legal issues are covered and there is a forum for questions, comments, and concerns. Taught by an experienced geriatric / psychiatric registered nurse. Enroll now.

Enroll today! This is a self-paced, online course. You have 6 months to finish. An instructor will monitor your progress and assess your body of work at course completion.
Course Cost: 6 Month Subscription
Basic Course (no certificate)   =   $25.00
Course with Online Certificate*   =   $50.00
* Document your course completion with an online certificate (additional shipping/handling charges apply for hard copy delivery). Instantly download, print, and share your certificate and CEUs once awarded. UniversalClass™ offers many wonderful learning tools to help you get the most out of your online course, including an online portfolio service that manages all your course completions, and a Certificate Verification Service you can use so others may view and verify the authenticity of your awards.
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Course Description

A study on how to cope with Alzheimer's Disease. This class will teach you how to safely care for an Alzheimer's patient at home. This course can save you thousands of dollars that you would have to pay to a nursing home.

 

Lesson one focuses on: Understanding the illness, how to be a care giver, how to cope with being a care giver, community support, and legal issues.

 

Lesson two covers: Treatment, medications, diet, exercise, hygiene, environment, and how to best handle an aggressive patient.

 

Lesson three will teach you the tricks of the trade on how to: Child proof your home, motivate the patient, and promote good nutrition.

 

Lesson four is on: Promoting good health, skin care, watching for infection, and how to monitor vital signs.

 

Lesson five is on physical health and covers: hydration, bowel problems, adult diapers, and bowel treatments.

 

You can earn professional quality class certificates to hang on your wall to show your merit and achievements. The class will make you an excellent care giver and improve the quality of life for the person you are caring for.

 

Course Lessons

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Lesson 1: Understanding Alzheimer's Disease.

This lesson will focus on understanding Alzheimer's Disease.

Lesson 2: Treatment

This lesson will focus on the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease.

Lesson 3: Living with an Alzheimer's Patient

This lesson will focus on how to live with an Alzheimer's Patient.

Lesson 4: Care of Elderly

This lesson will focus on giving care to the elderly.

Lesson 5: Care of the Elderly - Part 2

This lesson continues to focus on home care for the older person.

Optional Certificates Awarded

  1. Certificate of Attendance
  2. Certificate of Class Participation
  3. Certificate of Appreciation
  4. Certificate of Merit
  5. Certificate of Outstanding Achievement
  6. Certificate of Academic Excellence

Certificates are based on how well you perform in the class.

In addition to the standard Certificate of Course Completion, Merit Awards may be issued by the instructor at his/her own discretion and are based on student achievement. Merit awards also incur an additional $30.00 processing fee that covers the customization, printing, and delivery of the award, as well as access to the UniversalClass™ Portfolio Service that documents your achievements online. Official Merit Awards have a serial number that verifies the authenticity of the award (great for employers to verify your achievement).
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Additional Information

Course Title : Alzheimers Disease - How to Cope
CEU Value :

1.0 (Continuing Education Units)

Course Number : 14101
Course Type : Support/Advice
Course URL :

http://alzheimers1.onlineclasses.com

Course Rating : Excellent Course! 4 Star Rating
Instructor :

John Hicks R.N.

Syllabus :

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Duration : Continuous: Enroll anytime!
Requirements : View Technical Requirements
Course Fee :

Basic Course: $25

   

with CEUs & Certificate: $50

NOT FOR COLLEGE CREDIT
This is a non-credit course, and is provided for your personal enrichment. This course is not intended to be a substitute for any state, government, licensing, or educational requirements.

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