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Hope Hospice and Home Health > Services > Dementia Support

Support for family caring for a loved one living with dementia

More than a third of Hope’s patients are living with some degree of dementia. Dementia is an umbrella term that describes a group of symptoms that adversely affect a person’s cognition, as well as some behavioral abilities that interfere with a person’s daily functioning. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia, but not the only one. Most patients with dementia will experience some form of memory loss in addition to a decline in other abilities such as communication skills, reasoning, and motor skills.

While dementia can be difficult and frightening for the patient, it can also be very challenging for family members. Watching a loved one begin to struggle with daily activities such as bathing, dressing, and eating is hard. Family members may also find it difficult to interact in meaningful ways with their loved one as his or her memory and other skills decline.

Living With Dementia: classes for family caregivers

Hope provides dementia-specific education to family caregivers at no cost, even if your loved one is not on our hospice service. These classes will:

  • Help you to understand how people living with dementia communicate their needs and desires through behaviors;
  • Provide tactics to assess, interpret, and respond to your loved one to foster an improved quality of life;
  • Explore strategies for handling behaviors such as wandering, delusions, and aggression.

How to register

To register for open classes, click “View Event Details” on the event of interest from the list below and fill out the form. If you have questions or problems with the registration tool, email us or call (925) 829-8770.

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July 2019

Dementia Awareness

July 1 @ 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Dementia can produce significant changes in the way individuals sense and interpret the world around them. This class is designed…

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Behavior as Communication/Dementia-Related Behaviors

July 29 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

As the diseases that cause dementia progress, affected persons will experience a decline in language skills. Communication becomes challenged and…

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August 2019

Person-Centered Care and Enhancing Well-Being

August 26 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

In this class caregivers will learn how person-centered care and a focus on the components of well-being can contribute to…

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September 2019

Living With Dementia: Lewy Body & Parkinson’s

September 21 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am

*** UPDATE, 9/17:  This event is full and registration has closed. *** -- Hope Hospice is honored to host this…

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Dementia Basics – 1 p.m.

September 30 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Dementia Basics Class

This class explores the various diseases and conditions that may produce dementia symptoms. There is an emphasis on the stages…

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Dementia Basics – 6:30 p.m.

September 30 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Dementia Basics Class

This class explores the various diseases and conditions that may produce dementia symptoms. There is an emphasis on the stages…

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October 2019

Dementia Awareness – 1 p.m.

October 28 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Dementia Awareness Class

Dementia can produce significant changes in the way individuals sense and interpret the world around them. This class is designed…

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Dementia Awareness – 6:30 p.m.

October 28 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Dementia Awareness Class

Dementia can produce significant changes in the way individuals sense and interpret the world around them. This class is designed…

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November 2019

Behavior as Communication/Dementia-Related Behaviors – 1 p.m.

November 25 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Dementia Behaviors as Communication class

As the diseases that cause dementia progress, affected persons will experience a decline in language skills. Communication becomes challenged and…

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Behavior as Communication/Dementia-Related Behaviors – 6:30 p.m.

November 25 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Dementia Behaviors as Communication class

As the diseases that cause dementia progress, affected persons will experience a decline in language skills. Communication becomes challenged and…

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