Meaningful Spaces
Due to circumstances beyond our control, the Meaningful Spaces workshops scheduled for February have had to be postponed. Workshops will now be held in the second half of 2021.
Overview
The webinar will provide GPs and health professionals with a structured approach to assessment of behaviours and their management, including understanding the importance of pa
This webinar will look at changed behaviours that may be associated with dementia. We will briefly discuss terminology and classification of these behaviours, before moving on to management. The webinar will provide GP’s and health professionals with a structured approach to assessment of behaviours and their management, including understanding the importance of patient-centred care as well as the concept of self-hood in developing strategies to alleviate distressing or challenging behaviours.
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There will be a section on medications, including when and how to prescribe, review of other medications that may be exacerbating the situation, as well as discussion on deprescribing. The concept and use of case conferences with a multidisciplinary approach and liaison with collateral historians will also be discussed. Questions are welcome throughout the webinar.
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Learn how to look, listen and investigate pain in people living with dementia who are unable to verbalise their discomfort or pain.
- Residential Care
- Acute Care
- Primary Care
- Community Care
- Mixed
- Respite Care
- Palliative Care
- Emergency Care
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Suitable for people working in
Continuing Professional Development
Completion of this course provides 3 hours of continuing professional education. A Certificate of Completion is awarded upon successful completion.
Presenters
GP Educator, DTA GP Education Team.
Dr Stephanie Daly is a specialist GP in Dementia. She is a fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners and has completed post graduate training in Dementia Studies at the University of Bradford in the UK.
Professor Dimity Pond (PhD, MBBS, BA, FRACGP)
Professor Pond is Professor of General Practice at the University of Newcastle. She conducts research in the area of mental health and particularly dementia, focussing mainly on GP identification and management of this.
Professor Pond is Professor of General Practice at the University of Newcastle. She conducts research in the area of mental health and particularly dementia, focussing mainly on GP identification and management of this.
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