Understanding Dementia for Healthcare Professionals

Bucks New University

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In High Wycombe

£ 250 VAT inc.

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Level

    Intermediate

  • Location

    High wycombe

  • Duration

    1 Day

  • Start date

    September

The course briefly explore the medical side of dementia in order to understand the different behaviours displayed. There are practical sessions with suggestions and strategies to help you support and manage individuals with dementia and their carers. The course can help you to improve your knowledge, skills and attitudes in caring for people with dementia.

Upon completion you will receive a certificate in Tier 2 Dementia Education - Knowledge, skills and attitudes for roles that have regular contact with people living with dementia.

Facilities

Location

Start date

High Wycombe (Buckinghamshire)
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High Wycombe Campus, Queen Alexandra Road, HP11 2JZ

Start date

SeptemberEnrolment now open

About this course

This one-day course is aimed at helping you develop your skills and knowledge of dementia. During the course you look at ways to recognise the signs and symptoms of dementia in everyday life, as well as ways of coping and caring in social settings.

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Subjects

  • Dementia
  • Healthcare
  • Dementia Care
  • Dementia Management
  • Healthcare Settings
  • Healthcare Practice
  • Healthcare Communications
  • Care Management
  • Care Education
  • Care Practitioner

Course programme

Course Details

This course provides an overview of the behavioural changes and complex needs of someone living with dementia, and looks at the support that families and carers could be offered. The course aims to enable you to formulate strategies for supportive and meaningful interactions with anyone living with the condition and includes exercises that give you an insight into what it is like to live with dementia.

The course covers a range of topics including:

  • What is dementia? Statistics, risk factors and prevention, cultural influences, and different types and stages of dementia
  • Basic brain anatomy and physiology
  • Diagnosis, treatment and management
  • Law, ethics and safeguarding in dementia
  • Approaches to providing person-centred care and living well with dementia
  • Long term effects of dementia
  • Communication challenges and some potential solutions
  • Creating a dementia friendly environment
  • Supporting families and carers
  • What it's like to have dementia - exercise

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Understanding Dementia for Healthcare Professionals

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