A body of work to upskill GPs on dementia is gathering pace, with a new online course that aims to make it easier for GPs and Primary Health Care Nurses to recognise, diagnose and manage dementia.
Official opening of Australia’s first dementia-friendly, net-zero energy house, based on Dementia Training Australia design principles.
New research on the impact of temperature on people living with dementia, supervised by DTA Executive Director Richard Fleming and published in the Conversation.
A case study on Dementia Training Australia’s work with Scalabrini Village is profiled in the program Every Three Seconds, launched at the Alzheimer’s Disease International conference in Chicago on Saturday.
University of Newcastle medicine student, Tara Kannan, has been announced as a winner of this year’s National Dementia Storytelling Competition, an annual awareness initiative run by Dementia Training Australia (DTA) to improve the care of people living with dementia.
Workshop held by Richard Fleming in Narrabri about caring for people living with dementia
University of Canberra physiotherapy student Matthew Boom has won high praise for raising awareness of the benefits of physical activity for people living with dementia.
Two university students have snagged $2000 each for their exploration of salutogenesis and what it means for people with dementia.
Almost half a million Australians are living with dementia and Dementia Training Australia is inviting undergraduate students to help make a difference.
Did you know…
At any time, you can visit your DTA Profile to access your active courses, view your pending course enrolments, view your completed courses and download a Certificate. You can also manage your personal details and change your password.
COURSES
Certificates are available in your DTA Profile.
Please allow 5 business days from the day you completed your course, for a Certificate to become available.
To access your Certificate:
All of DTA’s online courses are FREE.Dementia Training Australia is supported by funding from the Australian Government under the Dementia and Aged Care Services fund.
At any time, you can visit your DTA Profile (website top right) to access:
To enrol in a course, you must first sign up for a DTA account.
Once you’re logged into your DTA Profile, you can enrol into a course.
If you don’t receive an email after registering for a course, please know that you can always access your courses and pending enrolments in your DTA Profile.
How to access a course in your DTA Profile
Note: Pending enrolments are approved the morning of the course start date. Once this approval process occurs, you will receive an email containing information on how to get started. At this time, you can also access/begin your course by visiting your DTA Profile > My Courses > Current Courses > Click green Go to Course button
All course enrolments remain Pending until the morning of the course start date. At this time, pending course enrolments are approved, and an email is sent to learners containing information on how they can get started.
At this time, you can also access/commence your course by visiting your DTA Profile > My Courses > Current Courses > Click green Go to Course button
Course enrolments are approved on the morning of the course start date.
Once this process has occurred, you will receive an email containing information on how to get started.
At this time, you can also access/begin your course by visiting your DTA Profile > My Courses > Current Courses > Click green Go to Course button.
We do not allow early access into courses.
Not at this time.
Each participant must individually register for a course, in order to receive a Certificate.
You are welcome to take DTA courses if you live outside of Australia, however if learner quota is near full then preference will be given to Australian enrolments.
A course can be completed at your leisure and across many intervals.
Please hit save before you exit, so you can resume at the place you left off. Courses must be completed in full by the course closing date.
USING THE WEBSITE
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Passwords can be managed in your DTA Profile.
If you’re having trouble logging into your DTA Profile, and are sure your username and password are correct, please try the following:
If you still have issues after completing the steps above, please contact us using the help button (website bottom left) so we can investigate.
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