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        • Understanding dementia
        • Achieving purposeful engagement
        • Applying a problem solving approach to behaviours
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        • Engaging and connecting with people living with dementia through COVID-19
        • Meaningful engagement mentors program
        • Supporting behaviour changes during COVID-19 restrictions
      • Online learning
        • DPI series
          • What is dementia?
          • Communicating in a person-centred way
          • How person-centred is your practice?
          • A problem solving approach to behaviours
        • Understanding younger onset dementia
        • Dementia and pain in residential care
        • Quality dementia support in hospitals
        • Nutrition and dementia: food for thought
        • Engaging in the outdoors
        • Establishing carer support groups
      • Accredited Training
        • Dementia Essentials
      • Foundation learning
        • Understanding dementia
        • Supporting successful communication
        • Achieving purposeful engagement
        • Applying a problem solving approach to behaviours
      • Immersive learning
        • A day in the life – mealtime experience
        • Enabling EDIE™
        • Virtual Dementia Experience™
      • Continuing learning
        • Delirium and dementia
        • Intellectual disability and dementia
        • Intimacy, sexuality and dementia
        • Meaningful engagement mentors program
        • Montessori for dementia
        • Younger onset dementia
      • All courses
    • The Dementia Learning Guide
  • Consultancy
  • Technology
    • A day in the life – mealtime experience
    • Enabling EDIE™ Workshop
    • Virtual Dementia Experience™
    • The Virtual Forest™
    • The Dementia-Friendly Home app
    • A Better Visit app
  • Practice health check
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Understanding dementia

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Foundation learningCOVID-19 virtual classrooms

This workshop delivered onsite to your team who are supporting people living with dementia provides an overview of dementia, including signs and symptoms, causes, and an understanding of how dementia affects the brain and behaviour. Your team will be encouraged to reflect on their practice and ways this knowledge translates into person-centred support for people living with dementia.

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Delivery options

Face-to-face (three hours) or virtual classroom (two hours)

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Course availability

All states, Online

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Course suitability

A team of staff providing support to people living with dementia in various care settings

Program benefits

  • Staff learn how to identify changes associated with cognitive impairment and dementia.
  • Your workforce understands how to provide safe, person-centred support that meets the needs of people living with dementia.
  • People living with dementia feel confident that their needs and preferences are understood.
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Virtual Classrooms

Most of our education courses are now available online. Our virtual classroom sessions are hosted on Zoom, with interactive elements such as polling and break-out rooms. Virtual classrooms provide an opportunity for inter-team learning, which benefits organisations with staff across different locations. This mode of learning is easy to implement and saves time and money by removing the need for travel. If you are new to this mode of learning, we can work with you to ensure you have what you need to make this a success.

For enquiries or general information about this course call 1300 DEMENTIA (1300 336 368) or email cdl@dementia.org.au

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