Dementia & the Progression of Disease

Details

• Length: 2 hours
• Suitable for: The day is aimed at health and social care staff at all levels, across all care settings. The course assumes a basic awareness of dementia has already been achieved, such as Dementia Friends™. The course is aligned to tier 2 of the Dementia Core Skills Education and Training Framework (2015) and includes outcomes from subjects 4, 5, 6, 8 and 12.
• Delivered: online via Microsoft Teams
  
• Funded: Until end June for West Cheshire and Cheshire East employees only. July onwards funded for Cheshire East employees only. 
• Price on application for staff outside funded areas

Session Overview

You will be provided with background resources; videos and reading material prior to attendance, for your information and guidance. We recommend ½ day training time be allocated to include independent guided study.

The 2 hour interactive online session will cover;

• Dementia, a brief discussion
• What we mean by advanced dementia and ‘end of life’?
• Person-centred dementia care
• Overcoming the effect of diminishing communication
• Behaviour and de-escalating distress
• The Mental Capacity Act & best interests
• Delirium and dementia

Dates

Date to be confirmed.

Cost

• Funded: Until end June for West Cheshire and Cheshire East employees only. July onwards funded for Cheshire East employees only. 
• Price on application for staff outside funded areas