Online Dementia Courses

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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...

The environment: sensory, physical, social

Module 8

The view from here - acute care

The environment: sensory, physical, social

45 mins

Enhanced

Modifying environmental factors can positively impact on the wellbeing and function of a person with dementia during an acute care stay.

Module 7

The view from here - acute care

Activities for the inpatient setting

45 mins

Enhanced

Engaging people with dementia in meaningful activity while in hospital is an important therapeutic care intervention that may reduce responsive behaviour as well as improve mood and wellbeing.

Module 6

The view from here - acute care

Approaches to pain assessment

1 hr

Enhanced

This module provides an introduction to pain in the context of dementia and aims to help health professionals recognise the links between the experience of pain and the presence of...

Module 5

The view from here - acute care

Information gathering & bedside tests

45 mins

Enhanced

Information gathered through carer or patient interview and simple bedside tests can significantly impact your ability to provide high quality care on a day-to-day basis, to your patients who have...

Module 4

The view from here - acute care

Communication Strategies provides an overview of the communication changes usually experienced by people with dementia in the acute care setting and explains some simple strategies to help you communicate effectively...

Person-centred care & other theoretical models

Module 3

The view from here - acute care

Person-centred care & other theoretical models

40 mins

Enhanced

This lesson provides a brief overview of person-centred care and three theoretical models to help put the focus on the person with dementia.

Delirium & delirium superimposed on dementia

Module 2

The view from here - acute care

Delirium & delirium superimposed on dementia

40 mins

Enhanced

Delirium and delirium superimposed on dementia introduces the symptoms of delirium and how they compare with dementia as well as tools and tests for identifying delirium.

Module 1

The view from here - acute care

Neuropathology

40 mins

Enhanced

This module introduces you to the basic neuropathology of dementia and the responsive behaviours associated with dementia.

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