4Ms Dementia for Non-Clinician Health System Employees
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Dementia, also known as Major Neurocognitive Disorder, is a generic term that is used when a person has experienced a significant decline in thinking abilities or behavior that interferes with their ability to perform their usual activities.
Target Audience
This course is geared towards all non-clinician health system employees who are not engaged in direct clinical care. Once the course is complete, you will have access to a Certificate of Completion.
Learning Objectives
After completing this module, which is geared towards non-clinician health system employees, learners will be able to:
- Define dementia
- Discuss the role of brain anatomy in different types of dementia
- Describe the two types of memory impairment seen in dementia
- Recognize four distinct types of dementia
- Communicate more effectively with people who have dementia
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Dementia Authors and Reviewers
Primary Author
Suzanne Musil, PhD
Contributing Author
Laurin Mack, PhD
Reviewers
Neelum Aggarwal, MD
Magdalena Bednarczyk, MD
Kim Dixon, MD
Erin Emery-Tiburcio, PhD, ABPP
Mary Grantner, MA
Cecilia Hardacker, MSN, RN, CNL
Elaine Jurkowski, PhD
Mike Koronkowski, PharmD
Michelle Newman, MPH
Sandra Swantek, MD