Application of Evidence-Based Treatments for Memory Loss
Presented by Jeanette E. Benigas
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Jeanette Benigas receives compensation from MedBridge for this course. She also receives royalty payments from Health Professions Press for the publication of the book Spaced Retrieval Step by Step: An Evidence-Based Memory Intervention.
Michelle Bourgeois receives royalty payments for publications with Health Professions Press and Taylor & Francis.
Jennifer Brush is the owner of Brush Development Company.
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Jeanette Benigas has no competing nonfinancial interests or relationships with regard to the content presented in this course.
Michelle Bourgeois has no competing nonfinancial interests or relationships with regard to the content presented in this course.
Jennifer Brush has no competing nonfinancial interests or relationships with regard to the content presented in this course.
Speech-language pathologists and occupational therapists often lack evidence-based interventions to help people with memory impairment compensate for their loss. More specifically, helping people with dementia can be challenging and can sometimes leave a clinician feeling like nothing can be done at all. Spaced retrieval, external memory aids and memory books, and interventions based on the Montessori philosophy are three sound and well-researched ways to make meaningful contributions and changes to the life of a person with memory loss. The courses in this series have taken a deep dive into all those interventions. This final course will offer in-depth and real-life case examples from Dr. Benigas’s own clinical practice. She and a volunteer clinician demonstrate portions of each case to enhance learning and engagement.
Meet your instructor
Jeanette E. Benigas
Jeanette E. Benigas is the owner of Safe Swallowing Diagnostics, a mobile FEES company serving eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania. Her extensive clinical experience has included work with adults in acute care, inpatient rehabilitation, post-acute rehabilitation, long-term care, home health, and outpatient settings.…
Chapters & learning objectives
1. Application of Spaced Retrieval and External Memory Aids
In this chapter, you will meet June. June was a new admission to a skilled nursing facility in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. She demonstrated perceived negative behaviors such as calling 911 and standing at the door waiting for her son to pick her up. This chapter shows you what needs and desires Dr. Benigas was able to identify and how she addressed these concerns in therapy. Portions of the case are demonstrated.
2. Application of Memory and Communication Aids
In this chapter, you will meet Abram. Abram was living at home with declining memory. His son wanted to improve Abram's self-care routine, with the goal of delaying placement in a care community. This chapter shows how Dr. Benigas worked with the son to create a memory support for Abram and how she improved Abram's self-care routine with spaced retrieval and external memory aids. Portions of the case are demonstrated.
Since 2009, Dr. Benigas has been mentored by Michelle Bourgeois, PhD, who dedicated her entire career to improving communication and quality of life for people with dementia. This chapter concludes with an interview with Dr. Bourgeois.
3. Application of Montessori for Dementia
In this chapter, you will meet clinician Elizabeth and skilled nursing resident Lynn. This case example was written based on the frequent requests Dr. Benigas has received to use person-centered dementia care programs by the companies she has worked for. The challenges of implementing these programs are real, especially with little to no budget. Dr. Benigas has utilized the general principles of the Montessori philosophy when responding to such requests to make meaningful change instead of simply checking a box for an employer.
Dr. Benigas was taught the Montessori philosophy by Jennifer Brush, MA, CCC-SLP. Jennifer is an inaugural member of the Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) Advisory Board for Montessori for Dementia and Aging and is the only AMI-certified trainer for Montessori for dementia and aging in the US, and one of two trainers of trainers in the world. This chapter concludes with an interview with Jennifer Brush.
More courses in this series
How to Incorporate Montessori for Aging & Dementia into Long-Term Care
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Foundations of Memory
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Spaced Retrieval for Memory Loss Part 1: Screenings, Development, and Support
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Spaced Retrieval for Memory Loss Part 2: Implementation Strategies
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External Memory Aids and Memory Books for Memory Loss
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Application of Evidence-Based Treatments for Memory Loss
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