Dementia Care
This online dementia training Australia course provides an overview of what is dementia, its common symptoms, causes, and types, and how it can affect brain function and behaviour. You will learn practical dementia care strategies, communication techniques, and dementia support approaches to manage changed behaviours, reduce distress, and promote safe transitions of care.
Learning Outcomes
What you'll learn
- Define dementia and explain how it affects the brain, behaviour, and daily functioning.
- Recognise dementia symptoms and signs of dementia, including common changes in memory, communication, mood, and behaviour.
- Identify dementia causes and types of dementia, and understand the importance of dementia diagnosis and appropriate support.
- Apply dementia care strategies and dementia communication strategies to communicate effectively and reduce distress or behavioural escalation.
- Use practical dementia support strategies to promote safety, wellbeing, and effective transitions of care for people living with dementia.
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Learning Outcomes
What you'll learn
- Define dementia and explain how it affects the brain, behaviour, and daily functioning.
- Recognise dementia symptoms and signs of dementia, including common changes in memory, communication, mood, and behaviour.
- Identify dementia causes and types of dementia, and understand the importance of dementia diagnosis and appropriate support.
- Apply dementia care strategies and dementia communication strategies to communicate effectively and reduce distress or behavioural escalation.
- Use practical dementia support strategies to promote safety, wellbeing, and effective transitions of care for people living with dementia.
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Training Overview
- Understanding Dementia
- Recognising Changes in Behaviour
- Managing and Responding to Changed Behaviours
- Supporting Safe Transitions of Care
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Frequently asked questions
Dementia is a broad term for conditions that affect the brain, causing changes in memory, thinking, communication, behaviour, and the ability to manage everyday activities.
Common dementia symptoms include memory loss, difficulty with familiar tasks, language problems, disorientation, impaired judgement, mood changes, and difficulty communicating.
Dementia causes vary depending on the condition. Types of dementia include Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, Lewy body dementia, and frontotemporal dementia.
Dementia care strategies include person-centred care, reducing distress, using simple language, allowing time to respond, using visual cues, and recognising non-verbal communication.
Care Learning provides online dementia training Australia, covering dementia symptoms, communication, care strategies, and practical dementia support for people living with dementia.