Caregiver-Delivered Cognitive Stimulation Therapy for Dementia

May 21, 2017 Dementia is a general term for a decline in memory, communication, and reasoning skills which are severe enough to interfere with a person’s ability to perform daily activities.  A recent study out of the UK found that although at-home caregiver-delivered cognitive stimulation therapy did not improve either cognition or quality of life…

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The face of today’s elder caregiver

BY NAOMI CAHN AND AMY ZIETTLOW Elder care requires an intergenerational partnership. The duty to care for an aging parent is often grounded in an understanding of reciprocity; the parental hands that once held ours during childhood now require our supportive presence in old age or during an illness. How does this caregiving expectation of…

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5 Easy Steps to Caregiver Certification

  The certification process with the American Caregiver Association is simple, fast, and convenient. Order your course or bundle package, then wait for an email from the ACA with your course materials. When you receive your course materials read through them at your leisure. There is no time limit to completing any ACA course. After…

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Caregiver Training Programs

Get national caregiver certification here Like so many other questions that we get from all of the wonderful caregivers out there in the United States and around the globe, this question is one that has to be answered clearly. Why? Because, while there are a number of terrific caregiver training programs that you can go…

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