Dementia Awareness Tier 2 Intermediate

We are now able to offer the courses shown below.

* It is possible that this course may be run in a virtual environment – this is dependent on COVID-19 guidance. The decision on whether the course will be run virtually will be taken a month prior to the training. If the training gets moved to a virtual setting price will be amended to reflect this.

The Dorset Council People- Adults pricing policy changed from 1st April 2020 as follows:

• full day course- £50 per attendee
• half day course- £40 per attendee

Please be aware that these costs will also be incurred for attendees who are classified as a ‘late cancellation’ - cancels their place within 1 week of the course date - or a ‘no show’ on the day of the course.

It is expected that those attending have already completed a dementia awareness course (either online or face to face).

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course delegates will have a greater understanding of the following:

• types of dementia
• causes of dementia:
• Alzheimer’s Disease, Vascular Dementia, Lewy Body
• Frontal Temporal Dementias & Wernicke Korakoff
• Mental Test Scores to measure function
• Delirium definition causes and assessment
• review of memory function of dementia suffers and challenges processing information
• ethics in dementia care; truth telling, sexuality, ‘best interest’ decisions
• consent and confidentiality in dementia care
• managing dementia care in compliance with covid-19 regulations
• coronavirus impact of social isolation/social distancing and PPE on individuals and families living with dementia and their overall wellbeing
• adopting a person-centered approach to dementia care
• End of Life Planning and adapting to new ways of working with dementia care and COVID-19

Target groups

People working with those who have, or who are at risk of developing dementia.