After completing the CARES® Dementia Basics™ program, you'll want to continue with CARES® Dementia Advanced Care™. It includes six modules on specific topics and concerns like making a connection, eating, pain, wandering, falls, and eliminating restraints. These modules also use a wide variety of exercises and video examples of real people with dementia, CNAs, and staff members. Like our Basics program, users have commented that this is the best dementia-care training available.

This program is ideal for:

• Family members or friends of someone living with dementia
• Community members and anyone wanting to learn more about dementia and dementia care
• Anyone working for a nursing home, assisted living, hospice, or other residential facility
• Home health organizations
• Adult day programs
• Governmental agencies
• Social service agencies
• Police, fire, and other first responders

This is valuable knowledge for community members and additional credibility for your résumé if you are a professional caregiver!

CARES Dementia Advanced Care was funded in part by a grant from the National Institute on Aging and was developed in conjunction with the national office of the Alzheimer’s Association and a national team of experts. It is consistent with the latest evidence-based research from the Alzheimer’s Association Campaign for Quality Residential Care Practice Recommendations.

And now, you can get advanced certification by the Alzheimer’s Association in essentiALZ™. Just complete CARES Dementia Care Advanced, take and pass the essentiALZ certification exam, and become certified. EssentiALZ Advanced certification allows you to be prepared, demonstrate knowledge, and feel confident in the care of people with dementia. It’s important information you’ll have for interactions with family, church, and community members.

The 6 modules include:

1. Making a Connection with the Person
2. Eating Well
3. Recognizing Pain
4. Minimizing Falls
5. Rethinking Wandering
6. Minimizing and Eliminating Restraints