Principles of Dementia Care

This module is offered at Masters level and is delivered at our Glenside Campus.

Course content includes:

• Dementia: Types and diagnosis
• Pathophysiology of dementia
• Development of theories related to person centred care
• The importance of identity and life history
• Dementia Friends session (optional)
• Communication, memory and language, strategies and cultural diversity
• Working with unmet needs
• The inter relationship of physical and mental health in people with dementia
• Pharmacological approaches when working with people with dementia
• Prevention and keeping well/enhancing the healing environment (student led)
• The Care Act and the Social and political context of dementia care
• Decision making and assessing ; best interest assessments in practice
• Risk enablement in dementia care/SCIE TV online learning (managing risk minimising restraint; decision making processes) directed study
• Ethical decision making with people with dementia
• Working with families and carers.

Delivery:

You will typically attend 6 days (each day 6 CPD hours) comprising lectures and seminars.

Funding may be available to support your learning. Please contact your Trust Education Lead. If you work in the Private, Independent and Voluntary Sector, please contact your employer who will advise you.