Dementia Awareness

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Dementia Awareness

Details

This Dementia Awareness training course has been designed as an introduction to dementia so that carers can learn more about the subject and feel more confident about caring for someone with the condition.

The course covers all aspects of dementia, including the symptoms to look out for, information on how dementia is diagnosed and tips for adaptations you can make to the person's home and lifestyle in order to make everyday living easier.

Summery

The syllabus covers such topics as:

  • Person centred care
  • What dementia care is
  • What dementia care is not
  • What is dementia?
  • Types of dementia
  • Alzheimer's disease
  • Multi-infarct dementia (M.I.D.)
  • Lewy body dementia
  • Pick's disease
  • Korsakoff's syndrome
  • Aphasia
  • Apraxia
  • Agnosia
  • Early stages of dementia
  • Importance of early detection
  • The progressive stages
  • Later stage dementia
  • Changing care needs