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Compassionate Touch ® for Elders with Dementia

There is a growing awareness of the value of therapeutic massage and skilled touch for elders with dementia. More and more elder-care communities are incorporating the services of a licensed massage therapist, but caregivers of all kinds possess the power of touch to help manage behaviors and improve the quality of life of the elders they care for.

Pedagogy Online Education

Massage and Compassionate Touch in Dementia Care
The purpose of this course is to introduce professional caregivers in eldercare or hospice and massage therapists to the benefits and practical application of skilled touch as a non-pharmacological, non-invasive and cost-effective approach in managing special needs and challenging behaviors associated with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia.

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The Top 10 Most Common Nursing
Home Violations

Pedagogy has reviewed the ProPublica report that analyzed 262,500 deficiencies with its Nursing Home Inspect tool, which includes deficiencies identified by government regulators and the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services over the past three years. Details of these historical violations found in nursing homes that are listed show the importance of an educated and knowledgeable staff.

Highlighted Author: Ann Catlin

Pedagogy Inc. is pleased to introduce our new author.

Ann Catlin, OTR, LMT is an acknowledged expert in the field of massage therapy in eldercare and hospice. She brings to her work thirty years’ experience as an occupational therapist in eldercare and disability rehabilitation. She founded the Center for Compassionate Touch LLC, an organization that offers training in Compassionate Touch®, an approach for those in later life stages. Ann is the recipient of the 2012 One Concept Humanitarian Award honoring her work training others to serve this special population.

We are happy to have added Ann to the Pedagogy family and are proud of her course, “Massage and Compassionate Touch”. The significance of the human touch in care giving is vitally important for our elderly with dementia. Ann does an outstanding job introducing professional caregivers in eldercare or hospice and massage therapists to the benefits and practical application of skilled touch as a non-pharmacological, non-invasive, and cost-effective approach in managing special needs and challenging behaviors associated with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia.

View Ann's course, Massage and Compassionate Touch in Dementia Care

Nursing Education - Stay with the Times

Let’s face it nurses and nurse aides have differing education needs. In today’s LTC healthcare environment where our nurses are expected to provide quality, high-level care to high acuity residents, requires higher-level education courses.

If you have used the SAME education provider for years, providing the SAME courses for years, is your staff really learning anything NEW?

Is it time to treat your staff to interesting, new, interactive courses and put your education dollars to work?

Inservices for Certified Nursing Assistant and Home Health Care Aides.

All nursing assistants are required to have 12 hours of inservice education per year; use our online inservice education for your nurse assistant staff to provide targeted education. You can choose from multiple categories of inservices to fit the needs of your facility. Our inservices are packed with adult learning principles to reinforce quality of care and to elevate care standards in your facility. Courses have a read-aloud option for auditory learners, built in dictionary, pictures, diagrams, and online videos to illustrate best practice and concepts. Our online users report the ease of use with our online systems which makes learning easy for any level of computer experience. Interaction within our courses keeps the students attention and enhances the level of learning.

Pedagogy inservices are available from any computer or tablet device with an internet connection. Your staff will enjoy taking our courses any time of the day or night, on a schedule that is convenient for them.

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Nursing and Administrator Continuing Education

For the healthcare professional, courses are written by subject matter experts on important topics that are current and relevant in today’s healthcare settings. Pedagogy online education can provide Infusion education, I.V. Certification, Tracheostomy Care and Respiratory education, Disease Specific education, Prevention of Re-hospitalization, Comprehensive Fall Prevention Programs, Medication Administration Management, Communication, Infection Prevention, and much more.

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Our courses were designed by subject matter experts to impart their knowledge to your nurses; to allow them to confidently provide care to the higher acuity residents in LTC, SNF, and AL facilities.

Check out our Memberships today and start putting your education dollars to good use!!

Pedagogy is an online training resource unlike any other training site on the internet today. We offer current, comprehensive and cost effective online training to individuals, facilities, hospitals and home health agencies. Take a look around, explore the site and see how Pedagogy has raised the bar for online training! We offer individual as well as facility and corporate benefits.

Contact us for your educational needs
E-mail: sales@pedagogy-inc.com Phone: (903) 871-2150