Dementia Awareness

The course covers the following topics:

• The incidence of Dementia

• The experience of people with Dementia

• Signs and symptoms of Dementia

• Communication skills, values and attitudes

• Everyday activities

• Supporting eating, drinking and personal care

• Building and maintaining relationships

• Understanding difficult behaviour

• Working together for quality Dementia care

All of our care courses meet the requirement of the Care Standards Act 2000 and are approved by ‘Skills for Care’

This course is run inline with the Alzheimer’s Society guidelines.


The course is classroom based with facilitated group discussions. At the end of the course delegates complete a multiple choice test paper and receive a certificate of attendance. There is no mandatory re-qualification period but it’s recommended that a refresher is taken at least every year.

We pride ourselves on providing top quality training, to help us deliver our goals we employ trainers who between them have over fifty years practical experience as well as over thirty years training experience. All of our trainers have worked in both public and private sector so fully understand the day to day demands.

The duration of the course is between: 5 - 6 GLH