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Dementia Reality for Social Service Professionals

Wednesday 04/26/2023 04:00 PM - 05:30 PM
Elderwerks Educational Services
251 E. Northwest Highway, Palatine, IL 60067

Join us for our next training!
• Develop empathy and understanding for people living with dementia.
• Blended program of discussion, activities, and immersive virtual reality.
• 1.5 hour interactive program. Social workers, professional counselors, nurses, and nursing home administrators earn 1.5 CEUs.
• Meets IDPH Guidelines.

Dementia Reality is an innovative program that utilizes virtual reality technology and creates an immersive experience to help dementia-care professionals tap into their innate empathy by connecting logical understanding to compassionate realization. Participants learn that individuals living with dementia retain their core self and that this disease doesn’t define a person. The program shows practical
ways to engage patients with dignity and respect, while supporting everyone’s sense of self-worth.

For more information, contact events@elderwerks.org or 847.462.0885.


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