Health & Safety
Mandatory care
Dementia Awareness
Level:
2 & 3
Accreditation:
This course is CPD certified.
Delivery:
Online/E-learning
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About this course
This eLearning course aims to raise your awareness and develop your understanding of dementia.
The course begins with an introduction to the meaning of dementia and explores the four main types of dementia together with their causes. You will examine the signs and symptoms that may indicate dementia before considering how it is diagnosed and why an early diagnosis is important. You will go on to explore the factors that may increase the risk of developing dementia and how to reduce them. The course concludes with the treatments available to individuals diagnosed with dementia including the need to adopt a person-centred approach.
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course learners should know and understand the following:
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Know the meaning of the term dementia, the 4 main types and their causes.
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Know the symptoms of 4 types of dementia.
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Know how dementia is diagnosed and why early diagnosis is important.
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Know the factors that may increase the risk of dementia and how to reduce them.
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Know how dementia may be treated.
Course Syllabus Includes
- What is dementia
- Main types of dementia
Alzheimer's disease
Vascular dementia
Dementia with Lewy bodies
Frontotemporal dementia - Causes of dementia
- Rarer causes of dementia
- Symptoms of dementia
- How dementia is diagnosed
- Why an early diagnosis of dementia is important
- Risk factors for developing dementia
- How to reduce the risk of developing dementia
- Treatments
- Validation approach
- Reality Orientation approach
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