Dementia Awareness
This course outlines the main types of dementia, along with their respective symptoms and aims to make the user aware of their interaction with people with dementia.
It also encourages healthcare practitioners to find out more about the support that is available to people with dementia in their local area and provides users with links to some examples of information, advice and support
All health and social care staff
This course consists of the following modules:
- Dementia Awareness
- Assessment
Upon completion of this course, learners will be able to:
- Name the different types of dementia.
- Describe the characteristics of each type of dementia.
- Describe some appropriate ways of interacting with people with dementia.
- Describe the impact of dementia on the individual’s family and carers.
- List some sources of information, advice and support for people with dementia, their families and their carers
This course meets standard 9 of the Care Certificate Standard when combined with Learning Disabilities Awareness and Mental Health Awareness.
Standard 9: Awareness of mental health, dementia and learning disability (partially met):
Learners will:
- Understand the needs and experiences of people with mental health conditions, dementia or learning disabilities
- Understand the importance of promoting positive health and wellbeing for an individual who may have a mental health condition, dementia or learning disability
- Understand the adjustments which may be necessary in care delivery relating to an individual who may have a mental health condition, dementia or learning disability
- Understand the importance of earl detection of mental health conditions, dementia and learning disabilities
- Understand legal frameworks, policy and guidelines relating to mental health conditions, dementia and learning disabilities
- Understand the meaning of mental capacity in relation to how care is provided
FAQs
Yes – After placing an order with us, your licences will be available until you’re ready to assign them to the specific learners in your organisation. This allows you to take advantage of our group discounts by purchasing your training ahead of time. Our eLearning Support Team will be in touch to request the details of the learners after you’ve placed your order.
Yes – If your order is over £250, simply choose the ‘Pay by Invoice’ method at the checkout. Our invoice terms are 14 days from the date of your order.
Of course! – We offer a 30-day, no-obligation, free trial of our eLearning courses so you can ensure our content meets your needs.
The free trial is available for business customers looking to purchase eLearning on behalf of their organisation-only.
Head over to our Free Trial page to get started.
Yes – We automatically generate a personalised certificate when you pass the course, this is available to download as a pdf from your eLearning account.
Yes, please get in contact to discuss. We can offer custom packages to suit any requirement.
After your order is confirmed, the eLearning Support Team will be in touch to organise access for you (or your colleague(s)). We aim to do this within 4 hours during business hours.
Please check your junk folder for emails from elearning@skillsforhealth.org.uk.
If you are using our LearnSpace LMS we will arrange training and provide access to our support portal so you can manage and assign training.
All of our courses come with access for one year. If you need to study the course annually, you’ll need to buy a licence each year.
For organisations buying in bulk, you’ll have the option to take out a multi-year subscription at the checkout, which means your one-year licence will renew automatically each year for the specified duration of the subscription.
Skills for Health has hundreds of course titles and also works with content partners, if you can’t see what you are looking for please get in contact and our expert team will source a suitable title to meet your need.