Dementia for GPs and practice nurses
A half-day course devised and delivered by DementiaTrainers.
Course outline
- Dementia: diseases, symptoms, diagnosis and medication
- The experience of dementia: the patient’s perspective
- Factors contributing to difficulties in dementia: avoiding diagnostic overshadowing
- The course of a dementing illness
- The importance of using remaining abilities
- Psychological well-being in dementia
- Causes of ‘behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia’
- Non-pharmacological interventions for dementia
- Recognising underlying needs of people with dementia