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- 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