Also called: Certified Dementia Practitioner, Dementia Care Consultant
Expert who helps families and care facilities support people living with dementia.
Visits a family at home, teaches them tricks to calm sundowning and wandering, sets up safety changes, and trains care home staff in respectful dementia care.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in nursing, social work, or gerontology plus dementia certification (CDP).
Ways in: 4-year college, Certification. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Gerontology, Social Work, Nursing.
Growing faster than average. Fast-growing need.
Low risk for 10 years. Monitoring devices help with wandering; teaching families and staff respectful dementia care stays human.
Classes: Psychology, Health, Biology.
Official data: O*NET occupation 21-1022.
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