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Communication Strategies (Acute)

Communication and Connection
Communication Strategies provides an overview of the communication changes usually experienced by people with dementia in the acute care setting and explains some simple strategies to help you communicate effectively with these patients.
Tier
Foundational
Duration
45 mins
Delivery
100% online
Certificate
Certificate provided
Cost
Free

Communication Strategies

Communication and Connection
This module provides an overview of the communication changes usually experienced by people living with dementia and explains some simple strategies to help you communicate effectively with them when they are in your care.
Tier
Foundational
Duration
40 mins
Delivery
100% online
Certificate
Certificate provided
Cost
Free

Understanding Sleep

Physical Wellbeing
Lern about sleep in the context of older people and specifically, people living with dementia.
Tier
Foundational
Duration
20 mins
Delivery
100% online
Certificate
Certificate provided
Cost
Free

Identifying and Collecting Information

Behaviour
Introducing the key questions and practices that are part of a comprehensive behaviour assessment, with a focus on vocally disruptive behaviour (VDB).
Tier
Foundational
Duration
30 mins
Delivery
100% online
Certificate
Certificate provided
Cost
Free

Assessments and Interventions for Wandering

Behaviour
You'll build on your knowledge of dementia and changed behaviours and learn about tools designed to assess wandering behaviour.
Tier
Foundational
Duration
40 mins
Delivery
100% online
Certificate
Certificate provided
Cost
Free

Developing a Management Plan

Behaviour
Work through case studies involving a person experiencing target changed behaviours.
Tier
Enhanced Practice
Duration
1 hr
Delivery
100% online
Certificate
Certificate provided
Cost
Free

Polypharmacy

Physical Wellbeing
Expand your understanding of why older people living with dementia so often use multiple medicines, and why this can be a problem.
Tier
Enhanced Practice
Duration
30 mins
Delivery
100% online
Certificate
Certificate provided
Cost
Free

Developing a Withdrawal Plan

Physical Wellbeing
Develop a plan for appropriately withdrawing sedative medication for a person living with dementia.
Tier
Enhanced Practice
Duration
1 hr
Delivery
100% online
Certificate
Certificate provided
Cost
Free

Why Environments Matter

Enabling Environments
Gain insight into the affect environments have on people living with dementia and be introduced to the design principles.
Tier
Foundational
Duration
1 hr
Delivery
100% online
Certificate
Certificate provided
Cost
Free

Wandering: Case Studies

Behaviour
Learn more about the RAWS-CV tool as you practise using it to assess wandering behaviours and develop care plans.
Tier
Foundational
Duration
40 mins
Delivery
100% online
Certificate
Certificate provided
Cost
Free

Activities for the Inpatient Setting

Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health
Engaging people living with dementia in meaningful activities is an important therapeutic care intervention that may reduce changed behaviour and improve wellbeing while in hospital.
Tier
Foundational
Duration
45 mins
Delivery
100% online
Certificate
Certificate provided
Cost
Free

Case Study: Aggressive Behaviour

Behaviour
Consider the nature of aggressive behaviour and how identifying the underlying issues allows interventions to be trialled.
Tier
Foundational
Duration
30 mins
Delivery
100% online
Certificate
Certificate provided
Cost
Free

Approaches to Pain Assessment

Physical Wellbeing
This module provides an introduction to pain in the context of dementia and aims to help health professionals recognise the links between the experience of pain and the presence of changed behaviour.
Tier
Foundational
Duration
1 hr
Delivery
100% online
Certificate
Certificate provided
Cost
Free

Introduction to LGBTI People

Diversity
Explore the range of sexual diversity within the Australian population including gender identity, gender expression and sexual attraction.
Tier
Foundational
Duration
45 mins
Delivery
100% online
Certificate
Certificate provided
Cost
Free

Care Planning and Interventions

Behaviour
In this module we ask you how you go about documenting your observations about people living with dementia who are your patients.
Tier
Foundational
Duration
45 mins
Delivery
100% online
Certificate
Certificate provided
Cost
Free
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