Online Dementia Courses
Increase your dementia knowledge with our range of online courses
Recognising and acting on pain in people living with dementia for direct care workers
It can be difficult to recognise pain in people living with dementia who are not able to describe their pain.
Suitable for people working in:Residential care, Primary care, Community care, Mixed care, Respite care, Palliative care
Creating supportive environments for people living with dementia
The course provides an introduction to why environments matter and how you can help support transformation of the places you work to better support people living with dementia.
Suitable for people working in:Residential care, Acute care, Mixed care
Caring for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex People with Dementia
This course aims to assist workers across the health and aged care sectors to become culturally competent in caring for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans/gender diverse and intersex (LGBTI) people with dementia.
Suitable for people working in:Residential care, Acute care, Primary care, Community care, Mixed care, Respite care, Palliative care, Emergency care
Community Care and Dementia: Understanding the Condition
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.
Suitable for people working in:Residential care, Community care, Mixed care
Dementia Discovery
Develop your knowledge about specific types of dementia and potential underlying changes in the brain.
Suitable for people working in:Residential care, Community care, Mixed care, Respite care
Sleep matters
This course highlights some of the issues older people have with their sleep, the association between sleep and dementia and how nurses and care workers can optimise sleep for those living in aged care.
Suitable for people working in:Residential care
Caring for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people with dementia
Become culturally competent in caring for LGBTI people with dementia.
Suitable for people working in:Residential care, Acute care, Primary care, Community care, Mixed care, Respite care, Palliative care, Emergency care
Too much of a good thing: fundamentals of deprescribing
Maximising benefit and minimising harm; how you can support the deprescribing process in older people living with dementia.
Suitable for people working in:Residential care, Acute care, Primary care, Community care, Respite care, Palliative care
Minimising use of antipsychotic medications for responsive behaviour
Learn how to create an evidence-based plan to support the optimisation of antipsychotic medication management for responsive behaviours, in your workplace.
Suitable for people working in:Residential care, Respite care
The pain puzzle: Recognition, assessment and treatment of pain in people living with dementia
Increase your understanding of pain assessment and management for people with dementia living in a residential environment.
Suitable for people working in:Residential care, Acute care, Primary care, Mixed care, Respite care
The view from here: Skills in aged and community dementia care
Understand the care experience from the viewpoint of the person living with dementia. <br><div class="alert border rounded small mt-3 p-2" role="alert"> <span class="text-dark"><p class="mb-0"><small>Please note this course is currently under review. If you experience any issues, please <a href="/contact-us/">contact us</a>.</small></p></span> </div>
Suitable for people working in:Residential care, Community care, Mixed care, Respite care
Understanding responsive behaviours
Increase your knowledge on caring for a person experiencing dementia-related responsive behaviours.
Suitable for people working in:Residential care, Community care, Mixed care, Respite care
Community care and dementia
Explore ways care workers can support people living at home with dementia.
Suitable for people working in:Residential care, Community care, Mixed care
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