Available population data may underestimate the risk and prevalence of dementia among many cultures in the United States. Lack of assessment for need has influenced a lack of cultural support in dementia care. This live, interactive workshop aims to broaden participants’ understanding of how dementia is viewed by specific cultures (Black Americans, Latinx/Latino Americans, Asian Americans, American Indigenous populations), what caregiving for elders means within these cultures, and how all systems involved can contribute to developing culturally sensitive dementia care services.
 
Cultural competence is not a one-time, finite achievement; it is an ongoing learning process. This workshop is fully interactive. Attendees may ask and answer questions, participate in instructor-led discussions, case-vignette discussions, and a Q&A session.

Cost: $30

CE Credits: 3

 
From this workshop attendees will learn to:

1. Define culture and its context in dementia care
2. Describe dementia as a culturally determined phenomenon
3. Recognize health care disparities among Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) as barriers to services
4. Explain how different cultures view caregiving for a family member with dementia
5. Identify culturally competent interventions to strengthen and improve dementia care

A complete course description, including objectives, agenda, speaker bio and cancellation policy, is available here.

This training is being hosted together with the Certified Nursing Assistant Educator Association (CNAEA).

3 continuing education (CE) hours from the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) and the New York State Education Department are available for licensed social workers. 3 CE contact hours are available for CCMC board certified case managers.

Registration for this event is now closed, but you can learn more about additional upcoming trainings by clicking here.

Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0222.

Micro Level Cultural Consideration in Dementia Care: A Culturally Determined Phenomena and the Effects on Family Caregiving, Course #3961, is approved by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program to be offered by [provider name] as an individual course. Individual courses, not providers, are approved at the course level. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. ACE course approval period: 2/8/2022 – 2/8/2024. Social workers completing this course receive 3 Social and Cultural Competence continuing education credits.

This program has been pre-approved by The Commission for Case Manager Certification to provide continuing education credit to CCM® board certified case managers. The course is approved for 3 CE contact hours. Activity code: I00049524 Approval Number: 220000368. To claim these CEs, log into your CCMC Dashboard at ccmcertification.org.