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First steps in palliative care

Understanding dementia (RTH03)


Description
Our palliative care dementia nurses will lead this session on understanding different forms of dementia. There will be opportunity to explore different communication techniques and strategies to manage behaviours perceived as challenging.
Overall, we hope to build your confidence in caring for and managing end of life care for this cohort of patients.
THERE IS A FACE TO FACE SESSION FOR THIS COURSE IN PERSON AT THE HOSPICE
04.07.2024 09.30-3.30PM
Please only sign up for the course if you able to attend the face to face session and can complete the online component before this.
We hold this course 3 times a year

Mandatory: No Training hours: 7.5

Content
  • What is Dementia?
  • Dementia statements: True of False?
  • The definition and context of dementia
  • Dementia from the inside
  • Brain changes
  • The bookshelf model of memory storage
  • Different types of dementia quiz
  • Different types of dementia
  • Different types with dementia
  • Alzheimer's Disease
  • Living with Alzheimer's Disease
  • Vascular Dementia
  • Living with Vascular Dementia
  • Lewy Body Dementia
  • Living with Lewy Body Dementia
  • Frontotemporal Dementia
  • Living with Frontotemporal dementia
  • Treatments in Dementia
  • Treatments in Dementia
  • DEMENTIA FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENTS
  • Dementia friendly environments - what does this mean?
  • Lighting
  • Flooring
  • Colour
  • Environment risk factors
  • Safety assessments
  • The dementia environment at home
  • The dementia environment in a care home
  • Exercise: Identify the positive environmental changes that were made.
  • Exercise: Identify the positive and negative environmental elements
  • Quiz
  • Test your knowledge
  • Further reading
  • Further reading
  • Instructor lead training
  • Face to face session in hospice 04.07.2024 9.30-3.30pm
  • Evaluation of understanding dementia
Completion rules
  • All units must be completed
  • Leads to a certificate with a duration: Forever
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