DEMENTIA LEADERSHIP COURSE 

For over 20 years, LeadingAge Illinois and Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center have offered the Dementia Leadership Course, a comprehensive educational series intended to provide Dementia Leaders with information they need to develop their skills and grow in their roles.

Dementia experts have recently re-designed this interactive program and added an ongoing networking component. The course provides a framework to teach the specialized skills and competencies needed to provide exceptional dementia services.

Topics Include:

Beyond the Ordinary: Employee Engagement in Life Enrichment
Alisa Tagg, MS ACC/EDU CADDCT CDP CDCS-RCCS, DCS, Consultant

Improv and Dementia Care: How Improvisational Theater Techniques Work in Dementia Care
Rachel Wonderlin, MS, Founder & CEO, Dementia by Day

Cultural Diversity
Neelum T. Aggarwal, MD, Professor, Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center

Living with Dementia
Panel, Without Warning support group, Moderated, Susan Frick, MSW, LSW, Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center

Leadership and Dementia Care
Susan Frick, MSW, LSW, Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center

Update on Dementia
Raj C. Shah, MD, Associate Professor, Family Medicine and Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center

Ability Centered Care
Anna Ortigara, RN, MS, FAAN

DATE AND TIME

Attendees will meet 4 times virtually via zoom:
November 18 & 20 and December 2 & 4, 2026
10:15 am – 2:15 pm each day

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Directors of Alzheimer’s Special Care Units and Memory Care Programs, Staff Educators, Nurse Managers, Therapists, Social Workers, Life Enrichments Directors, Chaplains, CNAs, Home Care, Adult Day Care, Memory Care staff, Dietary personnel, and Administrators. Appropriate for skilled nursing, assisted living, and home and community-based services.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Each attendee must be logged into his/her own computer that has sound and video camera capabilities.

CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS

This workshop is approved for 12 CEs.

FEES

$259 per person for all 4 sessions