Explore training to support evidence-based dementia care.
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...
After identifying the factors that may be contributing to a person’s sleep disturbance, this module explores what changes you can make to optimise the person’s sleep. Our experts outline some...
In this module we show you how to assess the quality and timing of an older person’s sleep:are they getting enough sleep at night and is it sufficient to not feel tired or sleepy during the day....
Maximising benefit and minimising harm. Learn how you can support the deprescribing process in older people living with dementia.
Expand your understanding of why older people living with dementia so often use multiple medicines, and why this can be a problem. This is module 1 in the 2-part module series: Reducing medicines in...
Develop your knowledge of how your role can support the deprescribing process for older people living with dementia. This is module 2 in the 2-part module series: Reducing medicines in people living...
To ensure we provide the best possible care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living with dementia, we need to be able to, identify and support culturally safe care needs and...
This course is designed to help you better understand how to care for a person experiencing dementia-related changed behaviour. You will be able to make a positive difference to people living with...
Dr Karlawish explains the core concepts of decision making ability, decisional capacity and competency with particular attention to the skills needed to assess whether a person may need support in...
This module explores the presentation of dementia and its impact on the individual. This is module 3 in the 4-part module series: Recognising, Diagnosing and Managing Dementia in General Practice.
This brief module focuses on changes in the brain that may be related to frontotemporal dementia
What is it like to see the world through the eyes of a person living with dementia? Using video and animation, this DTA micro-course gives an introduction to the concepts of empathy and...
This brief module focuses on changes in the brain that may be related to Dementia with Lewy Bodies.
This brief module focuses on dementia related changes and principles to bear in mind for communicating with respect and dignity.
This brief module focuses on changes in the brain that may be related to vascular dementia.
Using video and animation, this DTA micro-course gives an introduction to the brain, as a foundation for understanding causes of dementia.
