6, 7 & 8 JUNE 2014 3 Days Professional Training Workshop "Care of People with Cognitive Impairment" Organized By ADFM

 

ADFM National Caregivers Support Network, sponsored by Lundbeck Malaysia and supported by the Geriatric Unit of  UMMC (PPUM), will be conducting a 3 days professional training workshop Titled “Care of People with Cognitive Impairment”.

DATE:  6, 7 & 8 June 2014 (3 DAYS)

TIME:  8.30AM - 5.30PM

VENUE:  Dewan Pulasari, Rawatan Utama (RUKA BUILDING), 2nd Floor, University Malaya Medical Centre (PPUM)

TRAINER:  Dr Gemma Law,  PhD CPsychol (UK), AFBPsS , CADC, is the Assistant Professor College of Life Science & Technology School of Professional & Continuing Education at Hong Kong University (HKU).  

Target Audience: Trained nurses, allied health professionals with some experiences in dementia care, or people who want to develop their knowledge and skills in Dementia care enroll to the program, and experienced volunteers.

CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE with CPD points (A3 – 15 Points) awarded by the Malaysian Nursing Board will be issued by ADFM to participants at the closing ceremony on completion of the 3 days training.  

Introduction

People with cognitive impairment would go through different stage of disease progression following the medical diagnosis.  Clients will present with anxiety, depression and ineffective coping whilst family caregivers experiencing the caregiving burden due to inadequate knowledge on the condition and its needs of care at different stage. 

Therefore, the aim of the workshop is to equip professional staff and or volunteers with adequate knowledge and skill on care to meet the needs of people with cognitive impairment as well as to provide supports to family caregivers.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of the training, participants will be able:

1.         To discuss the disease progression from early to late stage and its treatment and care;

2.         To conduct needs assessment on people with cognitive impairment;

3.         To lessen the feeling of caregiving burden of family caregivers through

            Counseling;

4.         To design appropriate activity program for people of different stage of

            Condition;

5.         To identify the contributing factors developing the challenging behavior.

Teaching:

Lecture, case study and case discussion. 

Assessment:

1.   100% attendance.

2.   Oral Presentation (40%) – a 15 minutes presentation on a chosen scenario.

3.   An essay (60%) – Individual student is required to write a 1,200 words paper

       on a chosen topic. Give a rationale for choosing the topic, a brief description

       on the client’s presenting problem, and write a care plan on how to handle the  identified problems and to meet the needs of care.

Medium:   English

Day One

Day	Time	Topics	Trainer
Fri	8:30 -  8:45	Welcome and Registration Briefing on the course
	8:45 – 10:00	Updating the knowledge on the different stage of Cognitive Impairment – MCI, Early and Moderate stage	Dr Gemma Law
	10:00-10:15	Break
	10:15-11:30	Pharmacological Approach
	11:30-12;30	Conducting a comprehensive Assessment
	12:30-13:00	Lunch
	13:00 -14:30	Counselling to individual client and family members
	14:30-15:30	Case intake and report writing
	15:30-15:45	Break
	15:45-17:00	Case Discussion
	17:00–17:30	An Overview

Day Two

Day	Time	Topics	Trainer
Sat	8:30 -  8:45	Briefing on home assignment	Dr Gemma Law
	8:45 – 10:00	Care planning Practical Session
	10:00-10:15	Break
	10:15-11:30	Monitoring the progress on individual client Setting up a portfolio for the client
	11:30-12;30	Planning daily activity schedule at day center or residential homes
	12:30-13:00	Lunch
	13:00 -14:30	Reminiscence as a therapeutic activity
	14:30-15:30	Story Telling & iPad
	15:30-15:45	Break
	15:45-17:00	Group Discussion on planning an activity (indoor and outdoor)
	17:00–17:30	An Overview

 Day Three

Day	Time	Topics	Trainer
Sun	8:30 -  8:45	Briefing on the assignment	Dr Gemma Law
	8:45 – 10:00	Maintaining people with late stage at home or in residential home
	10:00-10:15	Break
	10:15-11:30	Pharmacological and non-medical Approach on challenging behaviour
	11:30-12;30	Nutritional value and physical exercise
	12:30-13:00	Lunch
	13:00 -14:30	Use of multi-sensory stimulation
	14:30-15:30	Preparation for death and dying Ethical issues on Dementia care
	15:30-15:45	Break
	15:45-17:30	Oral Presentation

Oral Presentation

Individual student is required to present a 15 minutes talk on their chosen topic.

The assessment will be based on the following criteria:

1.                  Presentation skill

2.                  Organization skill

3.                  Level of relevancy

4.                  Appropriateness on use of care approach

5.                  Discussion/Conclusion

Home Assignment

Individual student is required to submit an essay, not more than 1,200 words on their chosen client from work place such as day care or residential home.

The essay should consist of assessment, use of diagnostic and screening tests for confirming the diagnosis, treatment and care.

Student should attempt to describe on the type of intervention given to the client, and process to evaluate on the outcomes.  Justification must be provided to support the reason for delivering the intervention to the client and the family caregiver.

REGISTRATION FEE:  RM 150 Per Participant.

REGISTRATION & PAYMENT: 

1.    Closing date by 30 May 2014 on first-come first-served basis.

2.    For payment (Cash or Cheque), you can bank-in direct to ADFM Bank Account at CIMB, Account No. 1248 – 0009508 – 05 – 5.

3.   Email completed Registration Form together with the Payment Receipt to jenny@adfm.org.my or Fax to 03 7960 8482.

4.   Further information, email jenny@adfm.org.my or call 016 608 2513 / 03 7931 5850.

Alzheimer’s Disease Foundation Malaysia (ADFM)

May 2014

"The Saddest Goodbye" By Cartoonist, Tony Husband

Dear Caregivers,

Endless words are written on DEMENTIA.  "The Saddest Goodbye" is a very touching and poignant story beautifully illustrated in pictures by Cartoonist, Tony Husband on his family watching this dreadful disease steal away their father, Ron Husband.

In the words of Tony Husband, when their father, Ron Husband started to forget things - dates, names, where he'd put things - it took a while for his family to realize that this was a different kind of forgetting.  In fact, it was just the first sign of the dementia that gradually took their father away from them. 

To read further, click on the link -> "The Saddest Goodbye"

It relates the experience of all those families who have been through this sad journey with their loved ones.

(Source:  The Daily Mail, 9 May 2014)

SAT/24 MAY 2014 ADFM Monthly Talk and Caregivers Sharing Session

MONTHLY TALK & CAREGIVERS SHARING SESSION

SATURDAY, 24 MAY 2014, 2.00PM TO 5.30PM

ADFM PJ DAYCARE CENTRE

TALK TITLED “DELIRIUM”

By Prof. Dato’ Dr Raymond Azman Ali

Senior Consultant Neurologist

Dean of UKM Medical Faculty and Director UKM Medical Centre

&  

SHARING “IT IS THE DISEASE – NOT THE PATIENT”

By Mdm Mui Siew Koon from Penang

Primary Caregiver for her late Mom

PROGRAM:

1.30pm    Taking Attendance

2.00pm    Talk “DELIRIUM” by Prof. Dato’ Dr Raymond Azman Ali

3.00pm     Q & As

4.00pm     Sharing “It Is The Disease – Not The Patient” by Mdm Mui Siew Koon               

4.45pm     Q & As

5.15pm     Refreshment/End

SYNOPSIS:

Delirium, also known as an acute confusional state, is a medical emergency. While most cases are reversible, some may be fatal. Delirium may be the first sign of a diffuse brain dysfunction leading to drowsiness, seizures, coma and eventually, death. Up to a quarter of geriatric admissions to hospital are due to delirium, and anywhere between 5 and 40% of all inpatients become delirious during admission. In the early stages of delirium, patients may first complain of disorganized thinking and diminished attention. Later, their sleep-wake cycle becomes interrupted and they may have perceptual disturbances. In the advanced stages, patients have memory deficits and altered psychomotor activity, and may be violent and abusive. Depending on the cause, some patients may develop epileptic seizures. Finally patients become progressively drowsy and may lapse into a coma. There is a myriad causes of delirium; these include alcohol and alcohol withdrawal, non-convulsive epileptic seizures, brain infection, prescribed and recreational drugs and toxins, organ failure, uncontrolled diabetes, stroke, head trauma and metabolic disorders (e.g. hypoglycaemia and hyponatraemia). The investigations required for a delirious patient depend on what the doctor finds on physical examination and history gathered from family members and witnesses. The cornerstone of treatment of delirium is to treat the underlying cause. While some patients may require chemical or physical restraint because of violent behaviour, the majority will settle down while waiting for the underlying cause to be treated with simple general measures, such as the reduction of “environment unfamiliarity”, in the same manner that one would manage a demented patient.

Speaker’s Profile:

PROF. DATO DR RAMOND AZMAN ALI was born in 1960 in Penang, Malaysia.  Prof Dato’ Dr Raymond Azman Ali is A Senior Consultant Neurologist and Dean of UKM Medical Faculty as well as Director of UKM Medical Centre.

He graduated from Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, with an Honours MBBS Degree in 1984, and Masters of Internal Medicine from the National University of Singapore and UKM in 1989 and 1991 respectively. He then completed his Doctorate in Epilepsy Research at the Institute of Neurology, Queen Square in London in 1994, and was awarded an MD (Monash University) in 1996, the FRCP (Ireland), FRCP (Glasgow) and FAMM in 2001. He was Head of the Department of Internal Medicine from 1999 to 2001, and deputy Dean from 2003 to 2008. He is currently Chairman of the Epilepsy Council of Malaysia, Member of the Ministry of Health Committee on Drugs Used in Neurology, and Committee on Neurology Subspecialty Training in Malaysia, a Member of the Editorial Board of Neurology Asia, and Ad Hoc Reviewer of several international journals, including Annals of Neurology, European Journal of Neurology, BMC Neurology and the Singapore Medical Journal.

He delivered more than 280 lectures locally and abroad and published 72 full journal papers and over 150 abstracts, proceedings and book chapters related to neurology. He has won the Best Teacher (Pengajar Cemerlang) award for the Health Sciences 6 times, the last one being conferred in 2009. And, in the 39-year history of UKM, he is the only recipient of the highest award for teaching in UKM so far, the Tokoh Pengajar Award in 2002. In 2009, he also received the Anugerah Akademik Negara or National Best Teacher Award from the Ministry of Higher of Education, making him the best teacher in the Health Sciences for the whole country for that year. He was the first medical doctor to ever win this prestigious award, and no other doctor has since won this award again. In 2011, he was named Tokoh Merdeka of Malaysia and joined the parade of other joint recipients before the Prime Minister of Malaysia and in 2012, he was presented with the Tokoh Penyelidik award at the 14th Health Sciences Research Week of UKM.

PARTICIPANTS:

Priority will be for Caregivers and their families.  We open to Nurses / Carers from the nursing / community care homes who directly or indirectly are involved in the care of persons living with dementia. 

Certificate of Attendance will be issued by ADFM to participants who are nurses.

COMPULSORY PRE-REGISTRATION: (NO WALK-IN PLEASE)

1.  Click on "Registration Form" and email completed form to jenny@adfm.org.my or Fax to 03 7960 8482.

2.  SMS 016 608 2513 indicating (a) full name, (b) Caregiver  (Yes / No), and (c) Tel/mobile contacts, if you do not have access to email.

Further information, contact jenny@adfm.org.my or call 016 608 2513 / 03 7931 5850.

From:  ADFM National Caregivers Support Network

May 2014