Recognising and acting on pain in people living with dementia for direct care workers

Learn how to look, listen and investigate pain in people living with dementia who are unable to verbalise their discomfort or pain.

Suitable for people working in:
Residential Aged Care
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Online course

  • Tier
    Enhanced Practice
  • Completion time
    3 hrs
  • Course duration
    3 weeks
  • Certificate of completion
  • Cost
    Free for Australian workers
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Course Overview

About this Course

Learn how to look, listen and investigate pain in people living with dementia who are unable to verbalise their discomfort or pain.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this course you will be able to:

  • Describe how pain works in the body
  • Describe what would lead you to think that a person with dementia might be in pain
  • Describe a pain assessment
  • Describe the role of pain assessment scales/tools in pain assessment

Modules

Course Details

Continuing Professional Development

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

Acknowledgements

  • John Quinn (Dementia Advocate)
  • Professor Meera Agar
  • Professor Jennifer Abbey
  • Juliane Samara (Nurse Practitioner)
  • Glenys Petrie (Dementia Advocate)
  • Dr Peter Tenni (Director of Consultant Pharmacy Services)
  • Dr Hilton Koppe (General Practitioner)
  • Nikki Johnston (Nurse Practitioner)

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  • 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: 21 Aug 2020
  • Updated: 16 Jan 2024

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