Dementia: Effective Communication Strategies with Russell Gainer, LCSW
We will explain the communication changes that take place throughout the course of the disease, decode the verbal and behavioral messages delivered by someone with dementia and respond in ways that are helpful to the person, and identify stages to connect and communicate at each stage of the disease. Specific focus will attend to dealing with the strong personality and dementia.
Date August 28, 2018
Hosted By WellMed Charitable Foundation
Russell Gainer, LCSW
Russell is a health care professional with many years’ experience in various settings. His Professional experience includes working with/as: Crisis Hotlines as an Adult Probation Officer DWI Education Instructor Adult Adolescent and Children Psychiatric Hospital Counselor over 18 years in Hospice Adjunct Professor Teaching Sociology and Psychology Private Psychotherapy Practitioner and National Hospice Consultant Hypnosis and Guided Imagery Instructor and a Professional Geriatric Care Manager. He is also an active volunteer with the American Cancer Society the Alzheimer’s Association and is a past President of the Funeral Consumers Alliance of San Antonio.