Person centred dementia care 24/25

TARGET GROUP

This course is targeted to adult social care staff and those in residential care, nursing care, home care and supported living settings, personal assistants and other frontline practitioners who have regular contact with service users/patients and their families or carers in the London Borough of Sutton. 

Staff Groups B, C, D, and E as per the Bournemouth University National Mental Capacity Act Competency Framework. 
Level 3 staff and above (ref: NHS Intercollegiate document 2018 - Adult Safeguarding: Roles and Competencies For Healthcare Staff): registered health care staff who engage in assessing, planning, intervening and evaluating the needs of adults where there are safeguarding concerns (as appropriate to role). 

AIM

The aim of this course is to:

• Make a positive difference to the person living with dementia and their family carers.

LEARNING OUTCOMES 

By the end of the course participants will have:

• An improved awareness of dementia, the various ways in which people might be affected, and how to support people to achieve maximum
• independence and meet unmet needs.
• An increased understanding of the causes of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia and how to minimise the impact of these.
• An increased understanding of the practical approaches in managing distressed behaviours in dementia.
• An increased understanding of how best to communicate with people with dementia.
• An increased understanding of the importance of knowing people with dementia as individuals.
• An increased awareness of managing risk and enabling positive risk taking in dementia care.
• An improved knowledge of the differential diagnosis and the importance of addressing underlying conditions for people living with dementia.
• An improved awareness of the role of carers and the importance of working in partnership.
• An improved knowledge of the Admiral Nurse Service model and local services to support people living with dementia and their carers.