The Best Friends Approach to Alzheimer's Care

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The Best Friends Approach to Alzheimer's Care
Speaker(s): Virginia Bell, M.S.W., and David Troxel, M.P.H.

> Logistics

Seminar length: keynote presentation; ½ day inservice staff presentations; 1 - 3 day workshops

Number of participants: This seminar can be customized for small or large groups.

Who will benefit from this seminar: direct care staff, supervisors, and administrators in long-term care facilities; nurses, social workers, and psychologists who work with older adults; family caregivers

Seminar fee:
(What do fees include?)
$2,000-2,500 per seminar

Virginia Bell and David Troxel have extensive experience presenting to a wide range of audiences. This seminar can be tailored for family caregivers or for staff in a particular setting. Customized and confidential program consultation is also available.

Best Friends^™ is a trademark of Health Professions Press, Inc.

> Seminar Description

This inspirational presentation teaches participants how to care for someone with Alzheimer’s disease using the groundbreaking Best Friends^™ approach. Led by Alzheimer’s experts Virginia Bell and David Troxel, caregivers will learn to integrate the essential elements of friendship — respect, empathy, trust, and humor — into their care techniques.

This seminar and the Best Friends approach will help caregivers

communicate with people with Alzheimer’s disease
handle challenging behavior and encourage positive behavior
plan meaningful activities
embrace older adults’ spirituality

Also as a part of this seminar, Virginia Bell and David Troxel offer a brief community presentation for interested family members.

> Bonus!

These speakers also offer entire seminars dedicated to activity programming and staff training.

> Here’s what people are saying about this seminar!

"Very relevant to our work, easy to use — we can all do it."
– Michelle Reid, Victoria Order of Nurses, Simcoe County Canada

"This seminar gave me other ways to approach an AD client in difficult situations."
–Janet Webb, Victoria Order of Nurses, Simcoe County Canada