Online dementia course

Creating supportive environments for people living with dementia

3 hours

3 weeks

Cost free

Certificate of Completion

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:

Mixed , Acute Care , Residential Care

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Learning Outcomes

By completing this course, participants will be able to:

Explain how buildings affect our perception and behaviour
Analyse everyday settings to identify strengths and problems for people living with dementia
Applying design principles to support people living with dementia
Reflect on how you can support transformation within places you work
Establish a vision for a way of life
Support smaller scale living
Encourage movement outside to gardens
Set up a project run by an Action Group
Review a building with our assessment tool
Write an Action Plan

In this course, you will complete the following modules:

MODULE 1

Why environments matter

Learn how buildings affect our perception and behaviour, use the Design Principles as an evidence-base for creating supportive environments and...

MODULE 2

Exploring good places to live

Learn how to establish a vision for a way of life, support smaller-scale living and encourage movement outside to gardens.

MODULE 3

Transforming buildings (and the organisations that run them)

Learn to set up a project run by an Action Group, review a building with our assessment tool and write...

Continuing Professional Education

Completion of this course provides 3 hours of continuing professional education. A Certificate of Completion is awarded upon successful completion.

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
Learn anytime, anywhere

Getting Started

After enrolment, your course will appear in your Dashboard under My Enrolments. You will also receive an email with instructions to get started.

Learning with DTA

Online courses contain modules that have been grouped together based on their topic area. Each module within a course must be completed and in the defined order.

Modules can be completed individually and in any order. You may choose to complete any module, based on your areas of interest.

Some modules may have prerequisites. If a module has a prerequisite you’ll need to complete that first to ensure you have the essential prior knowledge required. Modules with a prerequisite will be clearly marked.

A Certificate of completion is awarded on successful completion of a DTA course or module. You may use this certificate toward your Continuing Professional Development and Education (CPD/CPEE). Access your Certificates in your Dashboard.

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Related Resources

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Environment Activity Cards – Ideas to spark conversation at work for life in COVID-19 times

Spark conversation among staff, residents and visitors around creating supportive environments at your workplace in COVID-19 times.

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Key principles of designing for dementia

In this four-part video series, Professor Richard Fleming gives an overview of the key principles of designing environments for people living with dementia. PRESENTER DOWNLOADS

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