Courses
Increase your dementia knowledge with our range of online courses.
Dementia Care Training for Volunteers
This course is designed to provide easily accessible dementia care education for Volunteers who are supporting people living with dementia or experiencing memory and thinking problems.Dementia Training for First Responders
This online course is designed for first responders to gain a better understanding of dementia including common symptoms and how dementia affects the brain and behaviour.Minimising use of antipsychotic medications for responsive behaviour
Learn how to create an evidence-based plan to support the minimisation of antipsychotic medication for responsive behaviours, in your workplace.Walking safely with dementia
Learn how to identify and address the issues related to wandering for people living with dementia in the community, and for their carers.Appropriate use of benzodiazepines and other sedatives
This course will explore the role that benzodiazepines and other sedatives play in supporting a person with dementia experiencing a changed behaviour. The course will highlight the risks associated with using benzodiazepines and other sedatives, discuss the situations when benzodiazepines and other sedatives may be helpful in supporting a person with dementia and, discuss the prescribing guidelines and durations of therapy in these circumstances.Creating supportive environments for people living with dementia
Explore why environments matter and how you can help support transformation of the places you work to better support people living with dementia.Recognising and acting on pain in people living with dementia for direct care workers
Learn how to look, listen and investigate pain in people living with dementia who are unable to verbalise their discomfort or pain.Sleep Matters
Understand some of the issues older people have with their sleep, learn about the association between sleep and dementia and uncover ways that nurses and care workers can optimise sleep for those living in aged care.Reducing medicines in people living with dementia
Maximising benefit and minimising harm. Learn how you can support the deprescribing process in older people living with dementia.Understanding changed behaviour
Increase your knowledge of caring for a person experiencing dementia-related changed behaviour and explore how people with dementia may express their needs through behaviour, rather than word.Recognising, diagnosing and managing dementia in general practice
Explore the most up to date advice on dementia in the General Practice setting. Various health professionals share their knowledge, experience and insights in dementia research, education and care.Dementia Discovery
Develop your knowledge about specific types of dementia and potential underlying changes in the brain.Demystifying Dementia
A practical and step-wise approach to improving your knowledge, skills and confidence in recognising, diagnosing and managing dementia in the general practice setting.The view from here: Skills in aged and community dementia care
Understand the care experience from the viewpoint of the person living with dementia.The pain puzzle: Recognition, assessment and treatment of pain in people living with dementia
Increase your understanding of pain assessment and management for people with dementia living in a residential environment.Caring for LGBTI People with Dementia
Become culturally competent in caring for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans/gender diverse and intersex (LGBTI) people with dementia.The view from here: Skills in dementia care for acute settings
Develop the knowledge and practice skills needed to care for people with dementia in hospitals.Dementia Friendly Pharmacy
Explore the ways in which community pharmacies can improve their ability to meet the needs of family carers of people living with dementia.Do you want to customise a course?
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