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Module 1

Dementia friendly pharmacy

Dementia Friendly Pharmacy

3 hrs

Enhanced

Explore the ways in which community pharmacies can improve their ability to meet the needs of family carers of people living with dementia.

Module 3

The view from here: Skills in dementia care for acute settings

6 hrs

Enhanced

Develop the knowledge and practice skills needed to care for people with dementia in hospitals. Designed to help nurses and other health professionals.

Module 3

The view from here (residential care)

This module provides an overview of the communication changes usually experienced by people living with dementia and explains some simple strategies to help you communicate effectively with them when they...

Supporting Aged Care Quality Standard: 1 2 3

Module 2

The view from here (residential care)

A person-centred approach to care

40 mins

Novice

This module will help you to focus on the person with dementia while understanding how their disease is impacting on them.

Supporting Aged Care Quality Standard: 1 2 3

Module 1

The view from here (residential care)

The brain and dementia

40 mins

Novice

This module introduces you to the changes that occur in the brain of a person with dementia and the impact of these changes on the person.

Supporting Aged Care Quality Standard: 1

Module 3

The Pain puzzle

Treatment and management of pain

40 mins

Enhanced

This module raises awareness of the importance of individualised treatments, based on information gained from the comprehensive assessment. Better understand the importance of evaluating the effectiveness of treatment interventions.

Supporting Aged Care Quality Standard: 1 2 3

Module 2

The Pain puzzle

Assessment of pain

40 mins

Enhanced

This module presents a practical and systematic approach to conducting a comprehensive pain assessment.

Supporting Aged Care Quality Standard: 1 2 3

Module 1

The Pain puzzle

Recognition of Pain

40 mins

Enhanced

This module presents an overview of pain in people living with dementia and the recognition of pain in the absence of the ability to self-report

Supporting Aged Care Quality Standard: 1 2 3

Module 1

Community care

Community Care and Dementia: Understanding the Condition

2 hrs

Novice

This module explores how dementia impacts the physiology of the brain and its effects on an individual’s ability to perform activities of daily living.

Supporting Aged Care Quality Standard: 1 3

Module 2

Community care

Community Care and Dementia: Responsive Behaviours

1 hr

Enhanced

This module explores how a person living with dementia can exhibit a range of responsive behaviours and introduces strategies that can reduce or prevent episodes of responsive behaviour, and maintain...

Supporting Aged Care Quality Standard: 1 3

Optimising antipsychotic medication management of responsive behaviour

Module 2

Minimising use of antipsychotic medications for responsive behaviour

Optimising antipsychotic medication management of responsive behaviour

30 mins

Enhanced

In this lesson you will be introduced to some DTA resources and a case study that suggests ways to support a person with dementia who is experiencing a responsive behaviour...

Supporting Aged Care Quality Standard: 1 3

Starting and stopping antipsychotic medication

Module 3

Minimising use of antipsychotic medications for responsive behaviour

Starting and stopping antipsychotic medication

30 mins

Expert

In this lesson you will continue to work through the case study to illustrate a suggested approach for introducing, monitoring and withdrawing a regular antipsychotic.

Supporting Aged Care Quality Standard: 1 3

Module 1

Minimising use of antipsychotic medications for responsive behaviour

Dementia and responsive behaviours

30 mins

Novice

This lesson includes a brief review of dementia and responsive behaviours, and gives examples of appropriate support options for a person with dementia who is experiencing responsive behaviours.

Supporting Aged Care Quality Standard: 1 3

Module 4

Caring for LGBTI people

Implementation to practice

45 mins

Enhanced

Discover how organisations can become more LGBTI inclusive.

Supporting Aged Care Quality Standard: 1 3

Considerations of personal care for older LGBTI people with dementia

Module 3

Caring for LGBTI people

Considerations of personal care for older LGBTI people with dementia

45 mins

Novice

In this module we highlight some of the considerations of care for older LGBTI people with dementia.

Supporting Aged Care Quality Standard: 1 3

Module 2

Caring for LGBTI people

Lived experiences past and present

45 mins

Novice

You will learn about the shared history that older LGBTI people have lived through, as well as well as deepening your appreciation for each individual's own set of unique experiences...

Supporting Aged Care Quality Standard: 1 3

Module 1

Caring for LGBTI people

Introduction to LGBTI people

45 mins

Novice

This module explores the sexual diversities within the Australian population.

Supporting Aged Care Quality Standard: 1 3

Module 2

Bedtime to breakfast

On the nightshift

45 mins

Novice

Learn strategies for supporting people with different sleep needs and preferences, and explore the health and wellbeing of the person who supports people with dementia at night

Supporting Aged Care Quality Standard: 1 3

Module 1

Bedtime to breakfast

Understanding sleep and dementia

45 mins

Novice

Explore sleep from the perspective of the person with dementia, and the experience of living in residential aged care at night.

Supporting Aged Care Quality Standard: 1 3

Module 9

The view from here - acute care

Care planning and interventions

45 mins

Enhanced

This module pulls together the learnings from modules 1-8 and leads you through planning care and implementing strategies that will lead to optimal care for patients with any form of...

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