Dementia Awareness
£20 + VAT
Helping a person with dementia to maintain quality of life is extremely important. This dementia awareness course will help carers, family members and those living with dementia how to diagnose, treat and live dementia to ensure quality of life is always central in a care plan.
This course includes the option to play audio at no extra cost!
All about this course
This dementia awareness course will cover everything that you need to know about dementia from diagnosis to ongoing care. Through the units we will go into detail about what dementia is and what the effects can be for the person living with dementia, carers, family and friends.
Our dementia awareness course will also cover the care that can be provided for people living with dementia and will look in-depth at a person centered approach and how this can help people living with dementia to still maintain a good quality of life.
In order to complete the course, you must achieve 80% or more in the final multiple choice quiz.
You will earn 3 CPD points on completion of the course, this course will take around 3 hours to complete and the certificate will last for two years.
- Fully CPD registered
- Completed online with instant downloadable certificate
- Fully printed certificate posted next day
- Covers all required legislation and practices
- Complete the online multiple choice assessment as many times as you need to pass
Units covered
- Unit 1 – Introduction to Dementia – In our first unit you will explore what the term dementia means and will consider the different types of dementia and what the causes of these may be. The unit will finish off by looking at some of the risk factors that may make someone more susceptible to developing dementia.
- Unit 2 – Diagnosis of dementia- Next you will look at how a diagnosis of dementia may take place, the different types of assessments and checks that can be done to determine if an individual has developed dementia will also be covered, so students will have more understanding of the diagnosis stage.
- Unit 3 – Effects of dementia – Here you will consider the effects of dementia on the individual, as well as carers, family and friends. This unit will also consider the changes that types of dementia can bring about before looking at the symptoms that these changes can cause.
- Unit 4 – Living with dementia – This unit will look at what happens once a diagnosis of dementia has been made and what interventions may form part of an individuals care and support plan. This unit will then go onto look at some adaptations that may be made to an individual’s home and what opportunities for support are available both in the local community and via dementia-related charities.
- Unit 5 – Dementia care – In our final unit you will explore what strategies can be used to care for individuals who have dementia so that they are able to live independently for as long as possible, this unit will cover a person centered approach and how the use of memory aids can be useful.
RoSPA assured training course
This course has been checked and assured for quality and accuracy by RoSPA, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, to ensure it meets their exacting standards and is up-to-date. Formed over 100 years ago, RoSPA are committed to increasing safety measures and reducing accidents throughout numerous industries as well as campaigning for better standards in health and safety worldwide.
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Work through your course
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Complete the final quiz
Every course is assessed through a multiple choice quiz. These quizzes use a bank of questions that have multiple options and you need to choose the correct one. You need to answer a specific number of questions correctly to pass the course and get your certificate.
If you don’t pass first time it is no problem. You can attempt the quiz as many times as you need until you pass so there is nothing to worry about.
Get your certificate
As soon as you finish the course, you can download your certificate. This will also be accessible in your account any time you log in. Your certificate includes the course you have studied, your name, the date of completion and a verification number that can be used by future employers to verify that you passed your course.
A digitally printed and hard backed version of your certificate is sent out to you via first class post the day after you pass.
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