The “WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO ME” Dementia Specific training program has been developed in order to expand training of the Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), the front line care giver, in how to understand and care successfully for the resident with Dementia.
The Dementia Training Standards Act of 2001, AB 1347, Chapter 389, Statutes of 2001, focuses on the CNA staff caring for residents in California Skilled Nursing and Intermediate Care facilities.
The Act requires a 2 (two) hour initial Dementia specific training component to be incorporated into each facility’s orientation program and to provide an additional mandatory 5 hours in-service training per year for CNAs.
The “WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO ME” Dementia program discusses the complex scope of Dementia, different disorders that can cause Dementia and allows the CNA to identify different forms of Dementia, behavioral problems associated with Dementia and how to provide daily care in a compassionate and dignified manner.
