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James L. West Center for Dementia Care: 2025-2027 What to Expect & Person-Centered Approaches at Each Stage of Dementia
The Dementia Specialist Certification (DSC) curriculum consists of eight modules that enhance knowledge, build skills and confidence, and support career advancement across three levels of specialization. This curriculum satisfies the State of Texas training requirements for nursing home annual dementia training hours and assisted living dementia training for newly hired direct care and supportive care employees.
Module 2, What to Expect & Person-Centered Approaches at Each Stage, will provide common characteristics and changes occurring at each stage of dementia as well as person-centered approaches that focus on quality of life.
Target Audience
This activity is intended for: nurses, social workers, public health professionals, Texas-licensed physical therapists, Texas-licensed professional counselor, and community health workers.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, you should be able to:
- Identify common cognitive changes through the early, middle, & late stages of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia (ADRD) and explain how these changes affect an individual's abilities.
- Discuss the anticipated needs of individuals in early, middle, and late-stage dementia.
- Review best practices for person-centered care in each stage of dementia.
- Explain the theory of retro-genesis, the reversal of brain development, and its relationship to the states of dementia, and how to apply this theory to support independence and enhance quality of life through person-centered care.
Funding
This project is supported by grant funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number U1QHP53050. The contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official view of the Health Resources and Services Administration or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. No commercial support was received for this activity.
Tessa Bryan, Ed.D. in Educational Leadership and Technology
Reagan Laborde, M.S.
Angela Chapman
Tanisha Manuel
Andrea Martin
Gabriella Stockett
Tia Viera
Teresa Wagner, DrPH, MS, CPH, RD/LD, CPPS, FNAP, CHWI, DipACLM, CHWC
Jaime Cobb Tinsley, Certified Montessori Dementia Care Professional and Certified Alzheimer's Educator
Cheryl Harding, PhD, LNFA
Hollie Lowe, MA, LPC, NCC
In support of improving patient care, The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing Education for the healthcare team.
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit.
National Board of Public Health Examiners
This activity is approved for 1.0 credit(s) accepted by the National Board of Public Health Examiners' Certified Public Health (CPH) recertification program.
Texas Administrative Code
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth certifies this activity meets the requirements for continuing education for Texas-licensed Professional Counselors and Texas-licensed Marriage and Family Therapists.
Texas Physical Therapy Association
This activity is offered by the Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners Accredited Provider #2711035TX and meets continuing competence requirements for physical therapist and physical therapist assistant licensure renewal in Texas. The assignment of Texas PT CCUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by TPTA or TBPTE.
Designation Statements
Nurses
This activity provides up to 1.0 contact hour.
Certified Public Health Professionals
This activity provides 1.0 contact hour.
Social Workers
Social Workers completing this course receive 1.5 contact hour(s) of continuing education credits.
Licensed Professional Counselors, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, and Psychologists
This activity provides 1.0 contact hour(s).
Physical Therapists
This course provides 1.0 contact hour(s) for PTs and PTAs licensed in Texas.
For successful completion, a participant must attend the program, complete the evaluation, and request credit online at the conclusion of the activity.
Community Health Workers
This course has been submitted to the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) to receive 1.0 certified CHW credit. Community Health Workers can claim HSC Participation credit (Certificate of Attendance) upon completion of activity or can wait to take this course until this course receives approval from Texas DSHS.
Certificate of Attendance
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth certifies this activity for 1.0 hour(s) of participation.
Available Credit
- 1.00 ANCC
- 1.50 ASWB Credit
- 1.00 Certified Public Health (CPH)
- 1.00 Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)
- 1.00 HSC Participation
- 1.00 Physical Therapist (PT)
This activity is provided by the Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners Accredited Provider APS #: and meets continuing competence requirements for physical therapist and physical therapist assistant licensure renewal in Texas.