Participants not only received 14 hours of CEU’s but received a 200 page manual which contains the 7 studies that have been published in international journals in Finland and the United States. All the studies which have been conducted independent of each other look at the following populations; Well elderly, those with mild Alzheimer’s Disease living at home, those with AD living and utilizing Community Day services, those individuals with AD in an Assisted Living Facility, those with AD in moderate to sever stages of AD living in a locked Skilled Nursing Unit.
All studies correlate increase cognitive abilities and deeper social interactions with the implementation of the TTAP Method™. Interesting to note 5 of the 7 studies specifically discuss an unforeseen accordance, an overall increase in staff levels of job satisfaction and intimacy that grew between staff who implemented the TTAP Method ™ in Finland and the United States.
Currently, there are 4 studies being conducted in 3 different universities throughout Finland and now 3 known studies which are utilizing the TTAP Taxomony: culture change of an entire unit in New York, New Jersey, and now Chicago.
The TTAP Method Certification Trainings are currently scheduled for the following dates: Dayton, Ohio, at the Veterans Hospital, Westchester, New York on September 24& 25 th in Andrus on Hudson.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
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