Online Dementia Modules

What are responsive behaviours?

This module introduces responsive behaviours, the concept of behaviour communicating needs and how using frameworks can help you to address them.

• Residential Care
• Primary care
• Community Care
• Mixed
• Respite Care

Understanding sleep and dementia

Explore sleep from the perspective of the person with dementia, and the experience of living in residential aged care at night.

• Residential Care
• Acute Care
• Primary care
• Community Care
• Mixed

A stages and domains approach to recognising and diagnosing dementia in general practice

This module describes the stages and domains approach to recognising and diagnosing dementia in general practice

• Acute Care
• Primary care

Dementia Friendly Pharmacy

Explore the ways in which community pharmacies can improve their ability to meet the needs of family carers of people living with dementia.

• Acute Care
• Primary care
• Community Care
• Mixed

Introduction to LGBTI people

This module explores the sexual diversities within the Australian population.

• Residential Care
• Acute Care
• Primary care
• Community Care
• Mixed
• Respite Care
• Palliative Care
• Emergency Care

Salutogenic Person-Centred Care

This short module explores a salutogenic person-centred approach to dementia care.

• Mixed

Dementia Discovery: Understanding the brain and dementia

Using video and animation, this DTA micro-course gives an introduction to the brain, as a foundation for understanding causes of dementia.

Dementia and responsive behaviours

This lesson includes a brief review of dementia and responsive behaviours, and gives examples of appropriate support options for a person with dementia who is experiencing responsive behaviours.

• Residential Care
• Respite Care

Neuropathology

This module introduces you to the basic neuropathology of dementia and the responsive behaviours associated with dementia.

• Acute Care
• Primary care

Community Care and Dementia: Understanding the Condition

This module explores how dementia impacts the physiology of the brain and its effects on an individual’s ability to perform activities of daily living.

• Residential Care
• Community Care
• Mixed

Recognition of Pain

This module presents an overview of pain in people living with dementia and the recognition of pain in the absence of the ability to self-report

• Residential Care
• Acute Care
• Community Care
• Mixed

Recognising Dementia in General Practice

In this module strategies to recognise and manage dementia in General Practice will be examined.

• Primary care

The brain and dementia

This module introduces you to the changes that occur in the brain of a person with dementia and the impact of these changes on the person.

• Respite Care
• Community Care
• Residential Care

Identifying and collecting information

Introducing the key questions and practices that are part of a comprehensive behaviour assessment, with a focus on vocally disruptive behaviour (VDB).

• Residential Care
• Community Care
• Mixed
• Respite Care

On the nightshift

Learn strategies for supporting people with different sleep needs and preferences, and explore the health and wellbeing of the person who supports people with dementia at night

• Residential Care
• Acute Care
• Primary care
• Community Care
• Mixed

A practical approach to diagnosing dementia in general practice

This module presents an overview of dementia and describes a practical approach to support GPs in diagnosing dementia

• Primary care
• Acute Care

Lived experiences past and present

You will learn about the shared history that older LGBTI people have lived through, as well as well as deepening your appreciation for each individual's own set of unique experiences...

• Residential Care
• Acute Care
• Primary care
• Community Care
• Mixed
• Respite Care
• Palliative Care

Dementia Discovery: Alzheimer’s disease

This brief module focuses on changes in the brain that may be related to Alzheimer's disease.

• Residential Care
• Community Care
• Mixed
• Respite Care

Delirium & delirium superimposed on dementia

Delirium and delirium superimposed on dementia introduces the symptoms of delirium and how they compare with dementia as well as tools and tests for identifying delirium.

• Primary care
• Acute Care

Optimising antipsychotic medication management of responsive behaviour

In this lesson 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...

• Residential Care
• Respite Care