How Science and Technology Are Reshaping Dementia Care

Includes a Live Web Event on 03/18/2026 at 9:00 AM (EDT)

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    • Individual - $45
    • Carmelite Home staff - $45
    • Sisters Aging Well Together - $45
    • AIG Staff - Free!
    • AIG Faculty - Free!

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Overview:

Skilled nursing facilities are increasingly supporting residents with advanced dementia and complex behavioral needs. These changes are reshaping operational demands, staffing models, and care environments, requiring leaders to rethink how science, technology, and care design work together to support both residents and staff.

Advances in neuroscience and emerging technologies are offering new insight into how dementia affects the brain’s ability to interpret surroundings, manage stress, and regulate behavior. This webinar will review the practical leadership considerations stemming from these advances, exploring how tools such as environmental design, adaptive cueing, and technology-supported interventions can help reduce distress, improve staff response, and create more sustainable care settings. Participants will learn practical approaches for incorporating technology and care-design strategies to better support residents with advanced dementia while improving staff effectiveness and organizational preparedness.

As a result of this presentation the participant will be able to:

  1. Analyze factors driving increased behavioral complexity among residents with advanced dementia. 
  2. Examine how neuroscience-informed approaches and emerging technologies can improve care environments and staff effectiveness.
  3. Apply leadership strategies that support organizational preparedness and sustainable dementia care practices.

Credit Information:

Administrators (NAB)

This program has been approved for Continuing Education for 1.0 total participant hours by NAB/NCERS—Approval #20270317-1-A119526-DL.

Domains of Practice:

  • 1B1 Psychosocial Needs
  • 1B10 Mental and Behavioral Health
  • 4A4 Leadership Principles

Chaplains (NACC)

This educational program has been approved for 1.0 Continuing Education Hours by the National Association of Catholic Chaplains.

Social Workers (New York Only) 

Avila Institute of Gerontology, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0265. Participants can earn 1.0 Contact Hours.

Social Worker CE approval is for New York State Social workers only. Other state licensees are not eligible to receive pre-approved credit

Alfred Norwood, MBA, BS

Faculty, Avila Institute of Gerontology, Inc.

Alfred is an expert in physiological psychology who has worked with the Avila Institute for the last 15 years, developing and presenting workshops and in-services on a number of topics associated with aging. He has years of experience working as a consultant for long-term care systems and facilities and trained staff in the use of non-pharmaceutical, individualized care plans for residents with moderate to severe dementia. 

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