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  • Home
    • About us
  • Education
    • Courses
      • COVID-19 virtual classrooms
        • Understanding Dementia
        • Achieving Purposeful Engagement
        • Applying a Problem Solving Approach to Behaviours
        • Meaningful Engagement Mentors Program
      • 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
        • 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
        • Ask Annie app
        • Understanding Dementia
        • Achieving Purposeful Engagement
        • Applying a Problem Solving Approach to Behaviours
      • Immersive learning
        • A day in the life – mealtime experience
        • Ask Annie
        • Enabling EDIE™
        • Talk with Ted
      • Continuing learning
        • Intellectual Disability and Dementia
        • Meaningful Engagement Mentors Program
        • Understanding Behaviour Changes (UBC) Coaching Program
      • All courses
    • The Dementia Learning Guide
    • Aged Care Training Guide
  • Consultancy
    • Environmental Audits
  • Technology
    • Ask Annie
    • Talk with Ted
    • A day in the life – mealtime experience
    • Enabling EDIE Workshop
    • The Dementia-Friendly Home app
    • A Better Visit app
  • Communities of Practice
  • Contact us

Centre for Dementia Learning

Dementia Australia
  • Home
    • About us
  • Education
    • Courses
      • COVID-19 virtual classrooms
        • Understanding Dementia
        • Achieving Purposeful Engagement
        • Applying a Problem Solving Approach to Behaviours
        • Meaningful Engagement Mentors Program
      • 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
        • 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
        • Ask Annie app
        • Understanding Dementia
        • Achieving Purposeful Engagement
        • Applying a Problem Solving Approach to Behaviours
      • Immersive learning
        • A day in the life – mealtime experience
        • Ask Annie
        • Enabling EDIE™
        • Talk with Ted
      • Continuing learning
        • Intellectual Disability and Dementia
        • Meaningful Engagement Mentors Program
        • Understanding Behaviour Changes (UBC) Coaching Program
      • All courses
    • The Dementia Learning Guide
    • Aged Care Training Guide
  • Consultancy
    • Environmental Audits
  • Technology
    • Ask Annie
    • Talk with Ted
    • A day in the life – mealtime experience
    • Enabling EDIE Workshop
    • The Dementia-Friendly Home app
    • A Better Visit app
  • Communities of Practice
  • Contact us
Menu
  • Home
    • About us
  • Education
    • Courses
      • COVID-19 virtual classrooms
        • Understanding Dementia
        • Achieving Purposeful Engagement
        • Applying a Problem Solving Approach to Behaviours
        • Meaningful Engagement Mentors Program
      • 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
        • 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
        • Ask Annie app
        • Understanding Dementia
        • Achieving Purposeful Engagement
        • Applying a Problem Solving Approach to Behaviours
      • Immersive learning
        • A day in the life – mealtime experience
        • Ask Annie
        • Enabling EDIE™
        • Talk with Ted
      • Continuing learning
        • Intellectual Disability and Dementia
        • Meaningful Engagement Mentors Program
        • Understanding Behaviour Changes (UBC) Coaching Program
      • All courses
    • The Dementia Learning Guide
    • Aged Care Training Guide
  • Consultancy
    • Environmental Audits
  • Technology
    • Ask Annie
    • Talk with Ted
    • A day in the life – mealtime experience
    • Enabling EDIE Workshop
    • The Dementia-Friendly Home app
    • A Better Visit app
  • Communities of Practice
  • Contact us

Understanding Dementia

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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.

This course can be found under Foundation learning or COVID-19 virtual classrooms courses.

Delivery options

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

Course suitability

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

Course availability

All states, Online

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.

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.

Want to know more? First tell us who this training is for.

For my staff

I'm interested in booking courses for my staff or my organisation.

For myself

I'm interested in courses for myself or my friends and family.

Submit your details below! We'll call you back to answer your questions, organise a training prospectus, and help you determine if this training is right for your organisation.

If you are looking for education for yourself, explore the following options currently available for individuals:

 

Dementia Essentials

CHCAGE005 Provide Support to People Living with Dementia

This is an accredited, fully government funded course that gives you 18 hours continuing professional development (CPD) points. It is only available to people who are currently employed in health care and who are providing support to people living with dementia. There are a variety of options available for attending this course including a three day face-to-face course and online learning.


Dementia Learning Hub

Dementia Australia’s unique online learning platform provides a place for exploring individual learning pathways, collaboration, support and building networks. Registered users can earn continuing professional development points while undertaking education, engaging in active online discussions and forums and accessing digital and print resources. Free trial available.


Ask Annie

A self-paced micro-learning app (available on your phone or mobile tablet) that provides practical tips and strategies to better support people living with dementia. Annie is a care worker and she guides learners through scenarios based on real-life experiences to strengthen their skills in delivering dementia support. The modules and lessons are short and focused on providing carers with practical ways to address challenging situations.

There are five free modules on the app to get you started. These include: Key ingredients, Key Concepts, Key Body Language, Communication, and Elder Abuse.

To get started use your phone to go to the App Store or Google Play and download the app. Choose Personal for account type to access the free modules.


Talk with Ted

A new immersive experience designed to educate care workers to better communicate with and support people living with dementia. Talk with Ted uses artificial intelligence (AI) technology to provide an online simulation of a typical communication experience between a care worker and someone living with dementia. Ted, the AI avatar, is living with dementia and conveys a range of emotions and verbal responses during the simulation, providing care workers the opportunity to work through a common challenging scenario. Talk with Ted is available for individuals and organisations to purchase.


Other resources

Download our Dementia Learning Guide which outlines our key courses and education services.

Find more information about dementia on the Dementia Australia website.

Explore our extensive Library to find additional resources.

Download The Dementia Guide, the go-to resource for people living with dementia, their carers and family.
 

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Dementia Australia is the leading national provider of dementia education. Our highly skilled team has extensive experience in a wide range of areas, facilitating learning experiences which touch, move and inspire participants to transform their practice.
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