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Belinda Vierthaler, LMSW, LACHA
Belinda is a licensed Master Social Worker and licensed Administrator. She has worked as an Administrator in skilled nursing and assisted living communities and served as the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman under the administrations of Governor Parkinson and Governor Brownback. She developed the Administrator-In-Training program and taught the assisted living operators course at Johnson County Community College. Currently, she is the Director of GERTI and Development, the education branch of Evergreen Living Innovations, Inc.
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About this course
This course is a brief overview of challenges that people who have dementia face every day. Explaining the challenges helps us to gain a better understanding of what they are experiencing. Resident-centered approaches to working with people who have dementia are described and real world examples are used. The technique of using validation is also discussed.
- Ensure staff provide resident-centered care based on thorough knowledge of each person’s abilities and needs.
- To help staff act as “care partners” to help people achieve optimal functioning and improved quality of life.
- To use a flexible, problem-solving approach to care designed to prevent problems before they occur.