Approved by the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), this training program  provides certification in Dementia Specialty for long-term care workers, including managers (there is no longer a separate class for managers) across Washington state.

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State-approved Dementia course curriculum:

• the different types of dementias

• communications

• behaviors

• hallucinations

• delusions

• medications

• approaches in care as as caregivers provide assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs).