Specialist course in cognitive stimulation in Alzheimer's disease + attention to Alzheimer's patients (double degree)

Alzheimer's disease, the most frequent cause of dementia in the elderly, is a serious, degenerative disorder, produced by the gradual loss of brain neurons, whose cause is not entirely known. This course in cognitive stimulation in Alzheimer's disease + attention to Alzheimer's patients will train the student to help the patient in each of the areas where he needs it, acquiring the necessary skills to do so in the best possible way and provide professional knowledge about the main techniques and activities that are included within the cognitive stimulation.

- Promote establishment and coordination, as well as the need to develop medical services specialized in Alzheimer's, also increasing social health services - Apply techniques and care to the patient. - Know nutrition and food techniques in the elderly. - Knowledge of the conservation and manipulation of food in care, avoiding possible infections or pathologies. - Training in hygiene and cleaning techniques. - General vision of the socio -health services offered in Spain for this type of socio -health problems. - Know Alzheimer's dementia from its conceptualization and description of the main characteristics of the disease. - Describe the diagnostic criteria that are used to diagnose Alzheimer's dementia in a person, as well as the different tests to be performed during the diagnostic evaluation. - Explain the concept of cognitive stimulation, attending to the properties and characteristics that the subjects that receive stimulation must have. - List and describe the different techniques used in cognitive stimulation.

Nursing, medicine, psychology, caregiver, home help, elderly residences, nursing assistants, geriatric.

This course in cognitive stimulation in Alzheimer's disease + attention to Alzheimer's patients prepares you for all the tasks involved in working with people who suffer from this disease and to learn the tools to understand and stimulate the personal growth and skills of people with alzheimer's dementia type through the knowledge of the essential objectives of cognitive stimulation.

This course in cognitive stimulation in Alzheimer's disease + attention to Alzheimer's patients is aimed at all those interested in the care and assistance to people of Alzheimer's sick and to all that healthcare professional who is interested in organizing and developing a cognitive stimulation program in people suffering from an Alzheimer's dementia.

This training is not included in the scope of official regulated training (Infant Education, Primary Education, Secondary Education, Official Professional Training FP, Baccalaureate, University Degree, Official University Master and PhD). It is therefore a complementary and/or specialization training, aimed at acquiring certain skills, skills or aptitudes of a professional nature, being able to be barely as merit in workbags and/or opposition competitions, always within the complementary training section and/or continuous training being always essential to review the specific requirements of the public labor stock of the public labor stock market.