This Dementia Awareness training course has been designed to assist care workers to understand and work alongside people with dementia.
Dementia Awareness Training provides an opportunity for a greater understanding of dementia and enables trained staff to build relationships and offer practical help through person centred care. The aims of this mental health training coures are to enable attendees to define the term ‘dementia’ and recognise the main signs, symptoms and causes; To understand the meaning of a person centred approach to dementia care encompassing equality and diversity, communication, life history, relationships, team work, challenging behaviour and everyday care; Enabling rights and choices for individuals with dementia whilst minimising risk.