Are you a Care Manager? Course Overview

Are you a Care Manager? Course Overview

Are you a care manager? I've pulled some websites to check out the definition of care manager.

https://www.springhills.com/resources/what-is-a-care-manager

https://www.thoroughcare.net/blog/what-is-a-care-manager

Chances are, you are able to identify with many of the roles and responsibilities described. The fact is, because you know and care for your loved one, you are the best person for this role. The goal of this course is to equip you so that you can fill your role with confidence. The goal of our learning community is to provide you the support of a group that will navigate the challenges and celebrate the joyful moments with you.

In the Introduction to Fundamental Principles module, you learned some concepts that are helpful to keep in mind as you move forward, either as a care manager for someone with memory problems, or working toward your own improved brain health.

In the first part of the Care Manage with Confidence course, we will focus on evaluation and data gathering. We will walk through what and how to assess current function while documenting baseline (skills pre-onset of the illness). The second part of the Care Manage with Confidence course will guide you through compiling the information you learned in order to develop a plan of care for your loved one.

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Introduction to Fundamental Principles

  • Cognitive Reserve and Thresholds
  • Behavior is Communication
  • The Mmmh? Test
  • Anticipate Possible Downstream Consequences
  • Whose Problem Is It?
  • Dynamic Systems Require a Belt Full of Tools
  • The Process of Memory
  • Fact Memory, Event Memory, Motor Memory, Limbic Memory
  • Defining Dementia

Care Manage with Confidence—Evaluation

  • Are you a Care Manager? Course Overview
  • Social History
  • Medication List & Medical Providers
  • Preparation for Administration of a Formalized Cognitive Assessment
  • MOCA-8.1.8.2-instructions.pdf
  • Administration of the Formalized Assessment Tool, MOCA
  • Interpret the Formalized Cognitive Assessment, MOCA
  • Functional Evaluation & Careplan Worksheet
  • Evaluate Driving
  • Evaluate Nutrition
  • Evaluate bathroom habits and gut health
  • Evaluate sleep habits
  • Evaluate mobility & posture
  • Evaluate Hygiene Habits
  • Document Social Engagement and Activity Routines

Care Manage with Confidence—Develop a Plan of Care

  • Family Caregivers say these are the most essential strategies:
  • "White Lies," Biblical?
  • Using ALL the kinds of Memory
  • The Art of Cuing
  • Legal & Financial Considerations
  • Addressing Driving
  • Addressing Nutrition
  • Addressing Bathroom & Gut Health
  • Addressing Mobility & Posture
  • Addressing Hygiene Concerns
  • Addressing Engagement

Brain Health for you and your Family

  • Brain Health--Traditional Approaches
  • 3 Things I learned from being a care manager of a 16 year old with acute and severe memory problems
  • COMING SOON: Gut health and supplementation to boost overall health
  • COMING SOON: Spiritual Warfare
  • COMING SOON: The Power of Nutrigenomics and Epigenetics
  • Eli MOCA 1 of 2
  • Eli MOCA 2 of 2

Learning Labratory

  • What of Aluminum?
  • What of root canals, oral health & low grade chronic infections?
  • Is Alzheimer’s a form of Diabetes?