Advanced Dementia Awareness

 Course description

A training programme which promotes compassion, dignity, respect and shared decision making when caring for the ‘Person’ with dementia.
In all health and social care settings good communication and relationships are now seen as central to high care.
This course provides and understanding of dementia and allows carers to explore and discuss how effective communication can improve the quality of life for a person with dementia. We will look at the effects on daily life and the importance of adapting the way we communicate to meet the needs of the person we are supporting.

Course material includes handouts and completion certificate.

The course will cover:

• What dementia is
• An overview of the brain and its function
• The various types of dementia
• The symptoms of dementia
• Demographics & statistics of dementia
• The experience of living with dementia
• Effective communication strategies:
  • Positive ways to communicate
  • Non-verbal ways to communicate
  • Day-to-day communication
• Keeping people with dementia safe
• Engaging in meaningful activities

This course is mapped across to QCF DEM201 and DEM 202
This training can also be supported with the addition of a distance learning level 2 certificate in the Principles of Dementia Care which is fully funded, for further information please contact us.

How long is this course?

This course lasts one day.

To book the course, please, call or email us.