North Carolina Virtual Dementia Tour​®

 Project Complete

​Second Wind Dreams® (SWD), Inc. was approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to use Civil Money Penalty funding (CMP) in North Carolina’s skilled nursing homes.  The project was for two years total and will train nursing home staff on how to better identify with residents with dementia and improve care.  SWD served 186 nursing homes over a 2 year period

NC Nursing Homes received:

~Virtual Dementia Tour conducted by a Second Wind Dreams certified trainer
~Designation as a “Dementia-Sensitive Environment”
~Person-centered assessment of staff performance
~CEU credit for multiple domains
~Staff in-service training