Experiencing Dementia

Experiencing Dementia

Category: Clinical
Trainer: Ethical Workforce Solutions
Venue: Partners in Care

Course introduction

A one-day course complete with specially-commissioned videos, virtual reality and sensory-affecting equipment, now delivered across 17 different Local Authorities in England and Wales.

Who is the course aimed at?

This full day course is ideal for anyone interested in finding out more about dementia and its sensory effects.  Nurses, care and support workers, family members or members of the community will all find this course beneficial.

What does the course cover?

• Virtual reality dementia experience
• Dementia statistics
• What is dementia?
• What is not dementia?
• Signs and symptoms
• Types of dementia and their causes
• The brain and what it does
• Alzheimer’s, Vascular dementia, Lewy-body and Fronto-temporal lobe dementia
• Condition-related dementia
• Other conditions inc. Korsakoff ’s syndrome
• Understanding the effects on the person
• Sensory changes (vision, smell, taste, hearing and touch)
• What sort of care worker should I be?
• Communication models (verbal, para-verbal and non-verbal)
• Encouraging well-being (for example maintaining hygiene, nutrition and hydration)
• ‘Unusual’ behaviours
• Person Centred Care – seeing the person behind the condition
• Dementia friendly environments and equipment

Course outcomes

Successful completion of this training course will result in the award of a CPD accredited certificate covering all aspects of the above course contents.

Cost of course

Member: £90.00
Non-member: £110.00

Places available: 12