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Dementia Essentials

This course offers skills and strategies to help with communication, planning, developing activities and understanding changed behaviour in people living with dementia.

Suitable for people working in:
Aged care, health care and community services
Course Overview
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  • Level
    Foundational
  • Course Duration
    26 hours total
  • Course modalities
    - Online
    - Face to Face in all Australian states and territories
  • Continuing Professional Development
    20 hours CPD
  • Certificate of completion

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This DTA course is delivered across Australia by consortium member, Dementia Australia.
Dementia Australia Nationally Recognised Training

Course Overview

CHCAGE011 – Provide support to people living with dementia

Build your team’s expertise or upskill yourself with this fully funded, nationally recognised unit of competency. This course offers skills and strategies to help with communication, planning, developing activities and understanding changed behaviour in people living with dementia.

Delivery Options

  • Face to Face – 3 days face to face, can be 1 day per week over 3 weeks or 3 consecutive days if regional areas, plus an additional 2 weeks assessment time
  • Online delivery – 6 weeks to complete eLearning modules and 1 week assessment time

Course suitability

People working in aged care, health care and community services.

Course availability

All states, Online

Choose a mode of learning that works for your individual needs or meet the requirements of your team if you book on behalf of an organisation.

The traditional face to face program provides participants an opportunity to connect with peers and share experiences. The six week fully online course allows users to undertake training at a time that suits them. And, unlike traditional webinars, our virtual classrooms are interactive allowing for active participation.

Web-based modalities can be accessed from anywhere with an internet connection, using a desktop PC, laptop or tablet device. Education can be delivered across multiple sites and locations while maintaining social distancing.

This course is highly structured, combining theory and practical components for an engaging learning experience. Participants receive ongoing support from experienced facilitators throughout the program.

You will learn about

  • Person-centred care
  • The nature and progression of dementia
  • Effective communication
  • Impact of dementia on people living with dementia and their families
  • Activities for engagement
  • Effective use of Assistive Technologies
  • Legal and ethical considerations
  • Identifying elder abuse and restrictive practices
  • Understanding changed behaviour and developing effective responses
  • Creating supportive environments

Assessment

As this is a nationally recognised course, participants will need to complete questions, practical tasks and a case study successfully to obtain the Statement of Attainment.

Eligible participants must be working with people living with dementia in a professional capacity to complete the workplace assessment requirements.

Certificate / Statement of Attainment

Statement of Attainment will be issued by Dementia Australia VIC Inc. RTO CODE:2512. Please contact Dementia Australia with Certificate enquiries.

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Please check out our public sessions below. If you cannot find a suitable date or would like to organise a larger group or onsite facilitation register your interest below.

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