An article from the Australian Journal of Dementia Care on DTA’s first year and Tailored Training Packages (TTPs), co-authored by DTA directors.
An article by Richard Fleming in the Meaningful Ageing Australia newsletter, on salutogenesis and spirituality in aged care.
Almost half a million Australians are living with dementia and Dementia Training Australia is inviting undergraduate students to help make a difference.
Dementia Training Australia has launched a free online training course for aged care staff who care for people with dementia overnight.
Dementia Training Australia has launched a free online training course for aged care staff who care for people with dementia overnight.
What gives our lives meaning is different for every one of us. For some it may be caring for children or grandchildren, for others making an impact in a chosen profession, or studying history, travelling, singing in a choir, getting one’s hands dirty in the garden, swimming in the ocean. DTA Executive Director Professor Richard Fleming writes for HelloCare.
Dementia Training Australia is offering a new online course for shift workers who care at night for people with dementia.
What started as a program to improve the sleep of people with dementia at one Life Care site has led to a fundamental shift in how the South Australian aged care provider implements and embeds person-centred care for all residents with dementia, not just at night but 24 hours a day.
Tokyo restaurant “The Restaurant of Order Mistakes”, invited waiters and waitresses, all of whom have dementia, to volunteer their time in the lead up to World Alzheimer’s Day 2017. The experience served up joy and laughter!
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.
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