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Break the Chain 2008 Provides the latest infection control updates and safety precautions that all levels of staff should know about, including information on VRE, C-Difficile, Norovirus, MRSA, Scabies, HIV and Hepatitis C & B. Explains the chain of infection, how bloodborne, airborne, droplet, and contact infections spread. It directly guides you on preventing the spread of infection, and demonstrates proper hand washing, looks at the benefits of alcohol gels, identifies the safe nail length for caregiver staff, and shows the proper use and disposal of personal protective equipment. What Others Are Saying: “Clear. Concise. Comprehensive.” Barbara Gonderzick Mission Home Health-LSS, Eau Claire, WI “An excellent job of covering everything.” Kathy Jakubek Illinois Veteran’s Home, LaSalle, IL VHS or DVD
Dementia and Nutrition: Helping Prevent Nutritional and Fluid Deficiencies Up to half of all long-term care residents suffer from some form of dementia, such as Alzheimer’s
Disease. Their caregivers face many special challenges. Chief among them is making sure residents
with dementia eat well, drink enough and achieve their nutritional goals. Caregivers can
help by understanding resident’s capabilities and limitations, then using that knowledge to help
provide individualized care and good nutrition.
This program will directly guide your staff in:
• How to prevent nutritional and fluid deficiencies in residents with dementia
• How dementia changes your resident’s ability to nourish themselves
• How to help residents get the nutrition and hydration/fluids they need
Dementia in Long Term Care: How Dementia Affects Care Planning It is imperative that everyone recognizes the signs and stages of dementia, understands the effects it can have on caregiving, and identifies measures to provide the best possible care through individualized care planning and structured programs.Understanding dementia and the tools used for tracking the progression of the disease will help you to be proactive in planning and providing for the unique needs of residents with dementia. After viewing this program you will be able to:
Developed for RN's & LPN's VHS or DVD INTRODUCTORY PRICE
End of Life Care in Dementia Up to half of all long-term care residents suffer from some form of dementia, such as Alzheimer's disease. In addition, up to 67% of dementia-related deaths occur in long-term care facilities. Those who die in hospitals often receive poor palliative care and inadequate pain management. The majority of those who suffer from dementia-related deaths never discuss advanced directives with their physicians. During this program you'll learn how to:
How to Prevent Falls and Fall Related Injury in your Institution Residents in long-term care and hospital patients fall three times more often than independently living older adults. In fact the numbers are staggering:
Falls result in significant negative complications and can greatly impact the effectiveness of an individual's care plan. This program directly guides you in developing a program that works based on the most recent research in geriatric nursing and medicine. After viewing this program you will be able to:
Appropriate for any institutional setting (nursing home, hospital, assisted living) VHS or DVD Introductory Price
Learning To Speak Alzheimer's: An Introduction To The Habilitation Approach To Care This must have….multiple award winning video takes a common sense, meet the person where they are approach that minimizes stress, optimizes function, and makes Alzheimer’s care easier for the care-receiver and care-giver. Applying the basic concepts of habilitation (which is simply care giving that embraces the remaining abilities of the person with dementia), the video shows how to create a suitable environment in which the person can lead a quality life through proactive adjustments. The practical information in this video will enhance the physical, psycho-social, and sensory world of the person with Alzheimer's. VHS or DVD
Missing Voices What is good customer service? How can you improve staff interactions with both residents and family members? This timely, new training package will help you and your staff to evaluate facility-wide behaviors, attitudes, and standards of care toward residents and family members. As it documents stories of families deeply affected by caregiver actions and interactions, the video sensitizes staff to the potential impact of the things they so or do while providing care to residents and dealing with family members. The Teaching Guide is designed to help management and staff develop and implement:
Oral Hygiene Care Giver Training Elder Loving Care This new video will equip home, hospital, and long-term care staff with basic oral care skills to assess, assist with, and perform daily oral hygiene needs for older adults. The video demonstrates wet gauze cleansing, as well as, the proper techniques to clean teeth, dentures, the tongue, and inside cheeks. It identifies examples of good oral care, examples that need improved care, and specifies sign to watch for and report, such as, bleeding, ulcers, cracked lips or mouth, and redness. Caregivers will also learn how to assist those with special needs, such as, stroke survivors, persons with dementia, or unconscious/unresponsive patients. DVD
Understanding Dementia: How Dementia Affects Your Care Giving Decisions It is imperative that CNA's recognizes the signs and stages of dementia and understand the effects it can have on caregiving needs. This program will directly guide them in providing for the unique needs of residents with dementia. After viewing this program CNA's will be able to:
Understanding Dementia: The Caregiver's Notebook This new resource orients professional and family caregivers to the world of the person with dementia. This video helps caregivers understand the causes of many dementia-related behaviors. It gives simple strategies to prevent or redirect these behaviors while providing emotional and physical care to the person. The video will also enable caregivers to:
What Every Caregiver Needs To Know About Alzheimer's Disease For professional and family caregivers, this training package provides an informative explanation of Alzheimer's, how it affects different parts of the brain, and the specific changes that take place as a result. It also explains the three stages of Alzheimer's (Early Stage, Moderate Stage, and Late Stage), identifies the most common symptoms, and shows how to simplify and adapt care for each stage. Interspersed with real family profiles, scenarios of dementia-related behaviors, feedback from caregivers, and comments from dementia care experts the video will:
Bathing Without a Battle Eligible for FREE CEU CREDITS This informative and up-to-date program will equip caregivers with the skills to create a more comfortable and person-centered bathing experience for residents/patients (especially persons with Alzheimer's Disease). Through actual before and after examples, the video shows the immediate benefits of individualizing the approach to bathing, communicating with the person and focusing on their comfort needs. After viewing this program you will be able to:
The video offers practical suggestions for bathing, showering, in-room bathing, and hair washing. Package includes video plus CD-ROM (which reinforces the key strategies for understanding and applying a person-centered approach to bathing).
Delirium in Geriatrics Series Part I and II Don't let this geriatric syndrome in any care setting increase your rate of Falls, Dehydration, Incontinence, Mortality and Hospitalizations Delirium remains an under diagnosed and under treated problem despite its association with negative clinical complications. The percentage of residents in long term care with delirium at any given time may be as high as 40% while 20% of seniors in hospitals develop delirium. The mortality rate for those with delirium ranges from 15-30% if untreated, yet it is undiagnosed and untreated 30-50% of the time. This then is truly a medical emergency, beckoning to be prevented, recognized and treated. Purchase both Part I Recognizing this Emergency and Assesing for the Cause and Part II Prevention and Management for this Special Price. VHS and DVD
Delirium Part I Recognizing this Emergency and Assessing for the Cause Part I After viewing this program you will be able to:
VHS and DVD
Delirium Part II Prevention and Management Part II After viewing this program you will be able to:
Finding Cognitive Impairment in Seniors: How to administer and interpret the Mini Mental Status Exam (MMSE) After viewing this video program, the viewer (nurse, nursing student, social worker, medical student or physician) will be able to: - Reliably administer the MMSE in about 10 minutes - Understand how to score each section of the exam under different clinical circumstances - Use the MMSE to track change in cognition over time - Use the MMSE to assist in making treatment decisions - Use the MMSE to track the response to drug therapy
Freedom of Sexual Expression: Dementia and Resident Rights in Long-Term Care Facilities This program looks at sexuality and intimacy as basic human rights that should not be denied simply because the person has a level of decreased cognizance and lives in a nursing home. Tastefully shows various sexual expressions, the effect of those expressions on the residents and those around them, and methods to allow freedom of sexual expression while maintaining a comfortable environment for other residents and staff. This program... - gives staff members effective strategies to deal with inappropriate sexual behaviors - encourages family members to understand and respect their loved one's continued need for intimacy. - provides sample policies and procedures on residents' rights regarding sexual expression and physical protection.
Limiting Exposure to Blood Borne Pathogens in Long-Term Care Program directly guides you on how to use proven techniques to limit exposure to blood borne pathogens, employ a comprehensive prevention program which includes hand washing, barrier protection, sharps precautions, and handling regulated waste.It also gives action steps to take if exposure occurs.
This program not only offers valuable learning information, but it also contains a useful workbook. In it, you will find opportunities for facilitated discussion to help involve participants acquire knowledge. VHS and DVD
Preventing Medication Errors in Long Term Care Medication errors cause a high number of deaths each year in long term care facilities.
This video training provides a unique and interactive learning experience. After viewing this program you will be able to:
VHS and DVD
Promoting Quality of Life: An Introduction for Staff Members in Long-Term Care Developed specifically for long-term care, this program will help staff members make the connection between resident quality of life and their own care-giving behaviors. Through relevant examples and role modeling vignettes directly guides staff in how to: -Relate to residents as unique individuals who have meaningful life histories -Recognize how well-meaning staff behaviors can unintentionally diminish quality of life -Discover the key components which contribute to quality of life -Identify care-giving practices which enhance quality of life -Improve their interpersonal effectiveness with every resident The accompanying facilitators' guide will help you present a participative learning session and even design follow-up assignments for applying new learning to the job.
Your Role in Resident Skin Care Residents with skin disorders can be a common occurrence in long-term care facilities. When skin disorders appear, quick identification and treatment by staff is crucial to protecting residents and preventing skin disorders from worsening. Shows the major skin disorders and explains their causes. This program directly guides safe in: -Understanding their role in prevention of common skin disorders -Using the S.K.I.N. check to identify and assess skin disorders -Understanding their role in the treatment of skin disorders
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