Dementia Awareness Tier 2 Intermediate

We are now able to offer the courses shown below.

Please note it is expected that those attending will 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.