Caregiver Education

Welcome to the Caregiver Education pages for the ADC program. Below you can find links to the various resources available to you.

Caregiver Training Videos

A series of videos produced by the UCLA Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care program to help caregivers understand how to better care for persons with dementia. They cover a range of topics including:

• Aggressive Language/Behavior
• Agitation and Anxiety
• Depression/Apathy
• Hallucinations
• Home Safety
• Refusal to Bathe
• Refusal to Take Medications
• Repetitive Behaviors
• Repetitive Phone Calls
• Repetitive Questions
• Sexually Inappropriate Behaviors
• Sleep Disturbances
• Sundowning
• Wandering

Estos videos también están disponibles en español.

Common Challenges Videos

A series of videos produced by the UCLA Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care program to help caregivers understand how to better care for persons with dementia. They cover a range of topics including:

• Alcohol Abuse
• Driving
• Lack of Eating
• Paranoid Thoughts

Alzheimer's Caregiver Education Webinars (ACES)

Free, live-streaming webinar series that provides information about Alzheimer's disease and other dementias for caregivers, loved ones, and others. These include:

• Diagnosis and Management of Vascular Dementia
• Practical Tips for Traveling with a Loved One with Alzheimer's Disease
• Early Onset Alzheimer's Disease: What Families and Patients Need to Know
• Addiction in The Elderly
• Difficulties Eating in Advanced Dementia
• Dementia with Lewy Bodies
• Understanding and Managing Aggressive Behavior in People with Dementia
• Managing The Late Stages of Dementia
• Best Practices & Emerging Therapies for Patients with Alzheimer's Disease
• Falls Prevention in People with Dementia
• Elder Law: Making Sure the Right People Can Protect and Care for Patients with Dementia
• Spanish Webinar: "Que tiene que ver la enfermedad de Alzheimer con mi familia?"
• Dementia in People with Down Syndrome or Other Intellectual Disabilities
• Dementia: Special Issues Related to Ethnic and Racial Minorities
• The Benefits of Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease
• The 3Ds of Geriatric Psychiatry - Delirium, Dementia, Depression
• Getting Help with Caregiving: In-Home & Residential Placement
• Driving and Dementia
• Medications Used in Dementia: What Caregivers Should Know
• Caregiver Stress and Depression
• Research-Promising Therapies for Dementia Patients
• Management of Medical and Psychiatric Problems in Dementia Webinar
• What is Dementia?
• Advanced Directives: Planning Ahead
• Surviving Caregiving
• What is Dementia?
• Searching for Cecy: Reflections on Alzheimer's