A person-centred approach to dementia care (3 days)
A 3-day course devised and delivered by DementiaTrainers.
Day 1
- The experience of dementia: understanding the perspective of people with dementia
- Facts and up-to-date information about dementia: types of dementia, symptoms, risk factors, statistics
- Identifying factors that contribute to the difficulties in dementia
- Establishing guidelines for good practice
- Developing knowledge about people with dementia as individuals
- Life story work
- Meeting the needs of the whole person
- Well-being in dementia
- Positive outcomes: recognising well-being in dementia
- Monitoring well-being
- Action planning
Day 2
- The range of difficulties and abilities of individuals
- Compensating for the symptoms of dementia
- Identifying and utilising the strengths and remaining abilities of people with dementia
- A ‘partnership’ model: promoting independence and compensating for difficulties
- Environment and dementia
- Supporting good nutrition and hydration
- Non-verbal communication
- Active listening
- Communication problems in dementia
- Facilitating communication and choice
- Meeting psychological needs through effective communication
- Understanding behaviours that staff find challenging
- Responding to strong feelings
- Action planning
Day 3
- Understanding, supporting and working with informal carers / relatives
- Factors contributing to behaviours that challenge
- Finding effective responses to behaviours that challenge
- Medication and person-centred care
- Recognising pain in people with dementia
- Understanding and responding to walking
- Assessing and managing risk
- The purpose of occupation for people with dementia
- Providing appropriate occupations to meet needs of individuals
- Action planning