Learning Matters - Core Skills in Dementia
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Our basic course, taking in what every carer or professional working with people with dementia needs to know before going further.
Also available in-house, for groups of up to 12 people, within mainland Scotland, and occasionally in other parts of the U.K.
Discounts are available for people taking multiple courses.
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Three modules, using high-quality course materials supplied by us, cover:
1. What is dementia?
Types of dementia; what is NOT dementia; and brain structure and damage in dementia.
2. Effects of Dementia
Memory losses; problems with decisions; loss of self; hallucination, delusion, sun downing, emotional lability, confabulation; catastrophic reaction.
3. Cause Theory
Identity and all it means; identity as an important issue in dementia; introduction to challenging behaviour & communication.
