Nursing Home Resources

OkDCN offers free in-service training to all Oklahoma nursing homes as
well as trainings for health careers students at Oklahoma Technology Centers.
These trainings can be instrumental in changing perceptions and skills
of frontline workers who work with nursing home residents living with dementia.
For more information and to schedule your training, please contact:
okdcn@ouhsc.edu
Join a Training-for-Trainers Event (T4T). Learn about the OkDCN-OK Tech
Center collaboration and gain hands-on experience using free curricula.
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Rethink Dementia Care Training Event:
(Jan. 13th, 2023)
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OkDCN Free Nursing Home Staff Trainings and Webinars
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Schedule on-site in-service education (All one-hour trainings)
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Walking With Dementia (improve knowledge of aging & dementia, promote empathy)
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Advanced Dementia Care (dementia care skills building activities)
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Bathing Without a Battle (specific skills for nursing home bathing routines)
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Dementia Care Teams (creating a dementia-friendly and cohesive care team for resident safety
and quality of life)
- Four additional 1-hour trainings will be available in Spring 2022: Person-Centered
Care, Infection Control, Skin Integrity and End of Life Care.
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Self-Learning Resources
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Nursing Home In-Service
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OkDCN Presents! Q&A Webinars – Training session videos (5-7 minutes each)
Age-Friendly Nursing Home Project ECHO. ECHO sessions include clinical case presentations by a nursing home team
member followed by a 15-minute informational presentation delivered by
a content expert from our ECHO Hub Team. We will focus the 4Ms of age-friendly
care in nursing homes: What Matters Most, Medications, Mentation and Mobility.
View dates and register online
here.
OK Technology Centers
- Partner with OkDCN to gain training curricula that can be included in pre-professional programs.
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Expanded training with four dementia care modules currently available:
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Walking With Dementia (improve knowledge of aging & dementia, promote empathy)
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Advanced Dementia Care (dementia care skills building activities)
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Bathing Without a Battle (specific skills for nursing home bathing routines)
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Dementia Care Teams (creating a dementia-friendly and cohesive care team for resident safety
and quality of life)
- Request a Supportive T4T Follow-up Visit. OkDCN staff can mentor Technology
Center educators, observe teaching, refresh the training materials, and
provide feedback.
More Long-Term Care (LTC) Resources
View additional information about our Age-Friendly Healthy System Resources.
Contact OkDCN
Find out more about nursing home staff trainings and webinars.
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