The CARES® Serious Mental Illness™ Training Program

CARES® Serious Mental Illness™ Training Program focuses on how you can develop care strategies for those with serious mental illness and how it differs from dementia.

For many years, the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services have led a national effort to reduce the use of antipsychotic medications, especially for people living with dementia. But there are appropriate uses of antipsychotics. By definition, they are designed to help people with serious mental illnesses such as major depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and schizoaffective disorder. This program does a deep dive into each of these illnesses and provides helpful strategies for caring for people living with a serious mental illness who may be in your care. This program has 4 modules (4 hours). The modules include Introduction to Serious Mental Illness, Understanding Serious Mental Illness, Living with Serious Mental Illness and The CARES® Approach and Providing Appropriate Care. This is a 4-part session that will provide a certification in CARES SMI upon completion and successful passing of the certification exam.

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