Certificate of Completion and Recognition

Congratulations!

You have completed the Family Involvement in Care Series. Below you will find a downloadable certificate of completion that support group leaders can print off for participants. Simply click "Certificate of Completion" to download the PDF.

Certificate of Completion

Recognition

Thank you for completing the Family Involvement in Care series. If you have any comments or questions, please contact us at geriatric-education@uiowa.edu. 

This training series is based on the research study “Nursing Intervention for Alzheimer’s: Family Role Trials” that was funded by the National Institute of Health, and led by Dr. Meridean Maas, Professor Emeriti, UI College of Nursing. The study evaluated the Family Involvement in Care intervention that led to the Evidence-Based Guideline Family Involvement in Dementia Care that is the foundation of this training series. We thank the original study investigators, Drs. Meridean Maas, Kathleen Buckwalter, Mary Hardy, and Geri Hall, and the Barbara and Richard Csomay Center for Gerontological Excellence, UI College of Nursing, for their permission to use the guideline and study-related materials as the foundation of this training series.

This program was made possible through the efforts of the Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program project team which is representative of The University of Iowa's Colleges of Nursing, Medicine, Public Health, Pharmacy, and Liberal Arts and Sciences. A special thank you to the caregivers from the Family Caregivers Center of Mercy, Cedar Rapids, IA, for generously sharing their time and heartfelt stories.

Below are the authors of the original Family Connects.

• Assessment of Depression in Older Adults - Susan Schultz, MD
• Disruptive Vocalizations - Marianne Smith, PhD, RN, FAAN; Julie Filips, MD
• Great Escapes: The Wandering Dilemma - Marianne Smith, PhD, RN, FAAN; Susan Schultz, MD
• Hospice Approach to End-of-Life Dementia Care - Marianne Smith, PhD, RN, FAAN
• Managing Bathing Challenges - Marianne Smith, PhD, RN, FAAN
• Need-Driven Dementia-Compromised Behaviors (NBD) - Marianne Smith, PhD, RN, FAAN
• Oral Hygiene for Individuals in Palliative Care - Jane Chalmers, BDSc, MS, PhD; Michelle Wiseman, DDS; Ron Ettinger, BDS, MDS, DDSc; Erin Lacey Spector, DDS
• Restraint-Free Care - Sherry L. McKay, MSN, ARNP, GNP
• Sleep Disturbances - Marianne Smith, PhD, RN, FAAN; Judith H.W. Crossett, MD, PhD
• Understanding and Managing Aggression - Marianne Smith, PhD, RN, FAAN

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