This seminar provides an overview of types of dementia including characteristics at each stage, protocols for staging clients with dementia and related treatment strategies. Therapists will learn the use of several objective assessment tools used in staging clients with dementia. Participants will have the opportunity to see these objective assessment measures applied to a sample patient. Documentation and treatment planning based on dementia staging results is reviewed. Behavior management and communication strategies for this population are discussed as well as techniques for nursing to follow.