"In NYC, tens of thousands
of people with dementia
are living at home and
being cared for by Home
Care Aides. The work
of caring for people
with dementia requires
specialized skills and
exceptional sensitivity.
To prepare home care
workers to become part
of this much-needed,
capable workforce,
we at the NYC Chapter
offer a variety of training
programs. In calendar
year 2007, more than
500 Home Care Aides
received our dementia
home care training."
— Della Frazier-Rios
Senior Vice President,
Director of Education
and Outreach
Dementia Home Care Training Graduations
Arnetta Campbell, Olga Cort, Eva Daniel, Dawn Ellis,
Catherine Easterling-Styles,
Joycelyn Fedee,Awa Giob Mbaye,
Coral Gittens, Joyce Holder, Stephanie Hutson,
Ludmila
Ishansade, Safiyatu Kallon, Linda Lambert,Marie Maglorie
Mengual,Tracey Miller,
Felicia Reynolds, Rugiatu Sesaoi
On August 24th, 17 women celebrated the
completion of the 45-hour Dementia Home
Care Training, funded by League 1199/SEIU
Training & Upgrading Fund. Each of the
trainees invested their time, attention and
energy to better understand the people with
whom they work. They have successfully
incorporated new techniques and best care
practices for communicating with people
with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias,
and for managing the behavioral symptoms
of these illnesses. The trainees brought
individual and creative solutions to the class
and shared their successes with each other.
We wish them the best as they continue in
their professional endeavors.
— Nancy Lee Hendley
Dementia Care Trainer
Dementia Home Care Training in Spanish
Sandra Alcivar, Teresa Alfaro, Benita De Los Santos,
Paulina Garces, Luisa A Garcia,
Miledy Garcia, Finesta
Kebreau, Reyes Maria Lopez, Martha Marte, Alfara Montiel,
Ramona Pichardo, Marina Reynoso, Lila Sarante
As the number of Latinos with dementia
increases, the demand for skilled Spanishspeaking
home health workers who understand
the complexities of Alzheimer’s disease
will also increase. Once again, the NYC
Chapter is fulfilling their mission of educating
and supporting people with dementia, their
families, and those who provide care to them
by offering the dementia care training to
home health workers in Spanish. On
September 19th, the NYC Chapter celebrated
the success of 13 home health workers who
completed this intense training.
Training graduates committed themselves
to six weeks of hard work and dedication in
the pursuit of providing better care for persons
with Alzheimer’s disease.
These home health workers learned effective
caregiving techniques that will help them
deal with behaviors and communication challenges
associated with people with dementia;
challenges that they are now capable of managing.
Completing this training was a sacrifice
for these workers; some of them had just
got out of work that morning, tired and lacking
sleep. Nevertheless, they made it to training—
physically and mentally.
The dedication, commitment and openminds
of these graduates are greatly appreciated.
These professional caregivers had completed
this training with the purpose to
improve care for persons with dementia,
relationships with family members and staff
morale and professionalism. Their attention,
dedication and interest in the lives of those
they care for is remarkable…the NYC
Chapter is very proud and grateful to have
shared that special graduation moment.
With the support of The New York
Community Trust we will be able to further
enhance this program.
— Alison Reynoso
Dementia Care Trainer
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