In this module you will continue to work through the case study to illustrate a suggested approach for introducing, monitoring and withdrawing a regular antipsychotic.
Modules
Choose individual dementia modules, based on your areas of interest. Modules are short, and can be completed in any order.
In this module you will be introduced to some DTA resources and a case study that suggests ways to support a person with dementia who is experiencing a responsive behaviour when non-pharmacological (non-medicine) strategies have proven unsuccessful.
Two case studies give you the chance to practise assessing wandering behaviour in a person living with dementia and developing a care plan based on the assessment and learnings from modules 1 and 2.
This module focuses on wandering as a behavioural symptom of dementia. We explore assessment tools and interventions specific to this responsive behaviour.
Understand wandering as a responsive behaviour. Learn about responsive behaviours, their causes, and gathering information that informs interventions to help a person living with dementia feel more comfortable and content.
Work through two case studies to develop an appropriate plan for managing a benzodiazepine and/or other sedative medication prescribed for a person living with dementia.
Learn to balance the risks and benefits of using benzodiazepines and other sedatives in people living with dementia.
Learn about the target responsive behaviours that benzodiazepines and other sedative medications are commonly prescribed for.
Work through two case studies to develop an appropriate plan for withdrawing a benzodiazepine and/or other sedative medication for a person living with dementia.
Learn to set up a project run by an Action Group, review a building with our assessment tool and write an Action Plan.
Learn how to establish a vision for a way of life, support smaller-scale living and encourage movement outside to gardens.
Learn how buildings affect our perception and behaviour, use the Design Principles as an evidence-base for creating supportive environments and develop tools to support transformation within places that you work.
This module raises awareness of person-centred pain management and the importance of pain evaluation
This module will explore how to assess pain in people living with dementia who are not able to report their pain.
This module provides an overview of pain and how to recognise pain in people with dementia who can’t tell us that they are in pain.
Learn about some specific strategies that nurses and carers can use to help older people in their care sleep better.
Learn more about the risk factors for disturbed sleep and how to assess the timing and quality of an older person’s sleep.
Improve your understanding about the importance of sleep, the brain and sleep and the problems that can arise with poor or disrupted sleep.
Develop your knowledge of how your role can support the deprescribing process for older people living with dementia.
Expand your understanding of why older people living with dementia so often use multiple medicines, and why this can be a problem.
Introducing the key questions and practices that are part of a comprehensive behaviour assessment, with a focus on vocally disruptive behaviour (VDB).
This brief module focuses on dementia related changes and principles to bear in mind for communicating with respect and dignity.
What is it like to see the world through the eyes of person with dementia? Using video and animation, this DTA micro-course gives an introduction to the concepts of empathy and person-centred care.
This brief module focuses on changes in the brain that may be related to Dementia with Lewy Bodies.