Quality Dementia Care: A Standards-Based Approach

The aim of this course is to demonstrate how Individual practitioners can utilise the National Dementia Education and Training Standards Framework (NDETSF) to assist with their professional development, by identifying dementia specific training needs, to enable them to provide safe quality dementia care.

Suitable for people working in:
Residential Aged Care, Acute Care, Primary Care, Community Care, Mixed, Respite Care, Palliative Care, Emergency Care, All care settings and Disability Care

Online Course

  • Tier
    Introductory
  • Completion time
    30 mins
  • Certificate of completion
  • Cost
    Free for Australian workers

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Course Overview

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this Course learners should be able to:

  • Describe the purpose of the National Dementia Education and Training Standards Framework (NDETSF).
  • Explore the relationship between the NDETSF and the new Aged Care Quality Standards (ACQS).
  • Identify key areas of the ACQS that present opportunity for better care of people living with Dementia.
  • Identify how the NDETSF can help deliver the ACQS.
  • Examine how the Dementia Training Action plan (DTAp) can assist to identify training needs.

Course Details

Continuing Professional Development

Completion of this course provides 30 minutes of continuing professional development. A Certificate of Completion is awarded upon successful completion.

Jason Burton

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  • Increase your knowledge of dementia
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Version history

  • Published: 08 Sep 2025
  • Updated: 10 Oct 2025
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