Dementia Friends – Awareness and Training

Do you know someone who has Dementia? Would you like to know more about it but don’t know where to start? Is it really all the doom and gloom the media keeps telling us or is there hope in the diagnosis of Dementia?

 

I would like to encourage you to sign up to be a Dementia Friend with the Alzheimer’s Society. Our organisation is a Dementia Friend and we would love you to watch a short video (4.33 minutes).

If you would like to see the video before you sign up as a Dementia Friend, please email me, [email protected] and I can send you a link and a code to access the video.

As Dementia Friends and advocate for the Alzheimer’s Society, we are proud that we can now offer this complete Dementia Awareness course as developed by Oxford Brookes and supported by Health Education England.

Suitable as an introduction and appropriate for a Dementia Friend award from Alzheimer’s Society.  All those who complete the course are recognised as ‘dementia friends’ and reaches the standards as set by the Alzheimer’s Society.

The aims of this course are to:

  • Enable attendees to define the term ‘dementia’ and recognise the main signs, symptoms and causes;
  • To understand the meaning of a person-centred approach to dementia care encompassing equality and diversity, communication, life history, relationships, teamwork, challenging behaviour and everyday care;
  • Enabling rights and choices for individuals with dementia whilst minimising risk

 

Learning Outcomes for Tier 1 Dementia Training

By the end of this unit you will be able to:

  • Explain what dementia is
  • Describe some early signs and symptoms
  • Explore the common perceptions about dementia, including your own
  • Reflect on the importance of dementia awareness training and education
  • Explain what it means to have dementia
  • Describe how some people are living with dementia
  • Discuss some of the early symptoms
  • Explore the risk factors associated with dementia
  • Explain what it means to be person-centred
  • Describe the experiences of some people living with dementia
  • Explain person-centred approaches that can be used with people with dementia
  • Discuss the importance of culture in person-centred dementia care
  • Explain the impact of dementia on people
  • Describe how some people may feel after being diagnosed with dementia
  • Discuss reasons why people with dementia may sometimes show signs of distress
  • Explore behavioural and emotional aspects of dementia
  • Explain how communication is affected when the person has dementia
  • Describe some of the communication tools that can be used to help people with dementia
  • Discuss top tips for talking and listening to people with dementia
  • Explore ways to improve your own communication skills
  • Explain what it means to stay well whilst experiencing dementia
  • Describe how dementia friendly environments can support people to stay well
  • Discuss some examples of best practice
  • Explore ways that you can improve your own practice

 

This course is copyrighted by Health Education England.