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Understanding dementia
Details
- Length: 2 hours
- Suitable for: Unpaid carers (family/friend). This session is mainly geared towards family carers to help them in their caring role.
If you are a professional who wishes to attend in a personal capacity or are attending so that you can better support family carers, then this session will also be suitable for you.
- Delivered: online via Microsoft Teams
- Funded: Until end June for West Cheshire and Cheshire East people only. July onwards funded for Cheshire East people only.
- Price on application for people outside funded areas
Session Overview
The course will help you gain an understanding of what to expect as Dementia advances including:
- Changes in Perception
- Making the home dementia friendly
- Understanding Sundowning
- Improving communication
- Supporting someone’s eating, drinking and continence
- Supporting anticipatory grief
- Supporting through signposting (Dementia UK)
Dates
- Tuesday 25 June 2024: 14:30 – 16:30
- Wednesday 11 September 2024: 15:00 – 17:00
- Wednesday 27 November 2024: 10:00 – 12:00
- Thursday 23 January 2025: 14:30 – 16:30
- Wednesday 5 March 2025: 09:30 – 11:30