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Module 2

Understanding responsive behaviours

Identifying and collecting information

30 mins

Enhanced

Introducing the key questions and practices that are part of a comprehensive behaviour assessment, with a focus on vocally disruptive behaviour (VDB).

Supporting Aged Care Quality Standard: 1 2 3

Module 7

Understanding responsive behaviours

Case study – aggressive behaviour

30 mins

Enhanced

We consider the nature of aggressive behaviour and how identifying the underlying issues allows interventions to be trialled. Caring for someone from a culturally and linguistically diverse background who is...

Supporting Aged Care Quality Standard: 1 2 3

Module 6

Understanding responsive behaviours

Case study – anxiety and depression

30 mins

Enhanced

This module explores the characteristics of depression and anxiety in the context of dementia and the cultural considerations when caring for people with dementia from an Indigenous background.

Supporting Aged Care Quality Standard: 1 2 3

Module 5

Understanding responsive behaviours

Case study – wandering behaviour

30 mins

Enhanced

Using a case study, we describe wandering in the context of dementia, explore how to use tools and models to assess it and strategies to trial.

Supporting Aged Care Quality Standard: 1 2 3

Module 4

Understanding responsive behaviours

Evaluating effectiveness of strategies

30 mins

Enhanced

This module steps you through the methods and processes you can use to identify whether a particular intervention has been effective, and how effective it has been. We use agitation...

Supporting Aged Care Quality Standard: 1 2 3

Module 3

Understanding responsive behaviours

Planning and implementing strategies

30 mins

Enhanced

This module steps you through how you can use a person-centred approach to design an appropriate system of intervention for someone exhibiting responsive behaviours.

Supporting Aged Care Quality Standard: 1 2

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