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Virginia Funds Dementia Care TrainingThe Alzheimer's Association has received funding through the Virginia Department of Social Services to disseminate its Person Centered Care: Skill Building for People with Dementia training program statewide. The six Virginia chapters of the Alzheimer's Association, in a collaborative effort, will train 1,000 professional and paraprofessional caregivers, adult protective service employees and inspectors of long term care facilities throughout Virginia over the course of the two year contract. Developed in 1997 by the Alzheimer's Association, National Capital Area, the primary goal of the Person Centered Care training is to improve the quality of care received by people with dementia in long term care settings. This training can build confidence in long term care staff by improving their ability to interact with people with dementia, help staff avoid and manage challenging behaviors, decrease caregiver "burnout," and improve staff retention. The first year of the state contract was dedicated to revising and updating the existing curriculum, training trainers on the program's delivery and developing an infrastructure for program delivery in collaboration with the other Virginia chapters. The Alzheimer's Association, National Capital Area has trained 57 new trainers throughout Virginia on the delivery of Person Centered Care. These trainers are in addition to the skilled trainers who have been delivering the training in Northern Virginia since its inception. 110 professional caregivers in the following Northern Virginia organizations have been trained with the Person Centered Care program since the statewide program began in July 2000.
Adult Companion Care For more information on Person Centered Care training, contact Kelly French, Professional Training Coordinator, toll-free at (866) 259-0042.
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