Creating Supportive Environments for People Living with Dementia

Explore why environments matter and how you can help support transformation of the places you work to better support people living with dementia.

Suitable for people working in:
All care settings
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Online Course

  • Tier
    Introductory
  • Completion time
    4 hrs
  • Course duration
    4 weeks
  • Certificate of completion
  • Cost
    Free for Australian workers

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Course Overview

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, staff should be able to:

  • Explain how buildings affect our perception and behaviour.
  • Analyse everyday settings to identify strengths and problems for people living with dementia.
  • Apply design principles to support people living with dementia.
  • Reflect on how you can support transformation within places you work.

Modules

Learn how buildings affect our perception and behaviour, use the Design Principles as an evidence-base for creating supportive environments and...
Learn how to establish a vision for a way of life, support smaller-scale living and encourage movement outside to gardens.

Course Details

Continuing Professional Development

Completion of this course provides 4 hours of continuing professional development. A Certificate of Completion is awarded upon successful completion.

Acknowledgements

Fallon Forbes and members of the DTA team who provided feedback through course development. Phyllis Ho who helped develop the content, Madalyn Dodds and Adrian Moody for course programming, and the many people across DTA who provided feedback and suggestions during course development. Thanks to the Commonwealth Department of Health whose funding made the course possible. The many contributors you meet through the course who discuss their work and their endeavours to provide supportive places for people to live meaningful lives. Music throughout the course from bensound.com.

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Benefits of Learning with DTA

  • Increase your knowledge of dementia
  • Ongoing access to review course content
  • Real life examples to help you put knowledge into practice
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Version history

  • Published: 16 Sep 2020
  • Updated: 30 Apr 2025
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