CDP Certification at Martine Center
Centers Health Care and Martine Center would like to congratulate Ms. Nicole Brianna Preston, CTRS, CDP, who has recently been accredited as a Certified Dementia Practitioner (CDP). Ms. Preston is Martine Center’s Director of Recreation and Volunteer Services.
It is inscribed on the certification that says that Ms. Preston obtains comprehensive knowledge in the area of dementia care, achievement in completing the Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia Care seminar, and has met the National Council for Certified Dementia Practitioners for the CDP. This certification reflects a deep personal commitment, and inspires confidence and dedication in and individual’s professional knowledge through quality of life and quality of care provided by the Certified Dementia Practitioner and to residents with dementia diagnoses.
Martine Center Administrator Aaron Szydlo says, “Martine Center is truly lucky to have staff, like Nicole, who are dedicated to the residents and, at the same time, wanting to further their education. Congratulations Nicole!”
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Centers Health Care provides rehabilitation, skilled nursing and long-term care for people with a wide range of needs. Whether someone is recovering from surgery, managing an illness or simply needs more support than can be provided at home, our staff is there to help.
The goal is not exactly the same for everyone. It may be returning home, becoming stronger, staying independent or simply feeling better and more comfortable from one day to the next. There will be progress, setbacks and difficult days along the way. Our job is to be there through all of it, and to help each patient or resident get as far as he or she can.
Sometimes that progress comes in large steps. More often, it comes in small ones. Either way, every step matters.
Our Steps to Home series follows patients through rehabilitation and the journey from hospital to home:
