The Long Goodbye: Clinical Practice with Dementia, Grief, and Family Systems
Dementia rewrites families and reshapes care. This course gives counselors the clinical frameworks for working with persons living with dementia, ambiguous loss in caregivers, evidence-based caregiver interventions, end-of-life decision-making in advanced dementia, and bereavement after the long goodbye finally ends.
3
CE Hours
4
Modules
15
Quiz Questions
1
Est. Minutes
What you'll learn
- Differentiate the major dementia subtypes (Alzheimer's disease, vascular, Lewy body, frontotemporal, and mixed) by clinical presentation, course, and treatment implications
- Apply evidence-based communication approaches with persons living with dementia, including validation, redirection, and management of behavioral and psychological symptoms
- Conduct caregiver burden assessment using validated instruments and identify caregivers at elevated risk for depression, anxiety, and complicated bereavement
- Implement Pauline Boss's ambiguous loss framework in clinical work with dementia caregivers throughout the disease trajectory
- Navigate decision-making capacity, end-of-life care planning, and bereavement support with families affected by dementia using ethical and culturally informed frameworks
Who it's for
Licensed Professional Counselors (LPC/LPCC), Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFT), Psychologists, Counselors working in geriatric, hospital, or community mental health settings
Approval & credit
CounselorReady is an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP #7760). This course awards 3 NBCC-approved CE hours; a certificate is issued on completion. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CounselorReady is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.