Online Dementia Courses
Increase your dementia knowledge with our range of online courses
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:Palliative care , Respite care , Mixed care , Community care , Primary care , Residential care
Appropriate use of benzodiazepines and other sedatives
Learn about the role benzodiazepines and other sedative medications may play in supporting a person experiencing responsive behaviours and use case studies to help you develop an individualised and evidence-based management plan for people in your care.
Suitable for people working in:
Walking safely with dementia
Learn how to identify and address the issues related to wandering for people living with dementia in the community, and for their carers.
Suitable for people working in:Respite care , Palliative care , Emergency care , Residential care , Acute care , Primary care , Community care , Mixed care
Community Care and Dementia: Responsive Behaviours
Explore how a person living with dementia can exhibit a range of responsive behaviours. Learn strategies to help reduce or prevent episodes of responsive behaviours, and maintain client and staff safety.
Suitable for people working in:
Community Care and Dementia: Understanding the Condition
Explore how dementia impacts the physiology of the brain and its effects on an individual’s ability to perform activities of daily living.
Suitable for people working in:
Dementia Discovery
Develop your knowledge about specific types of dementia and potential underlying changes in the brain.
Suitable for people working in:Respite care , Mixed care , Community care , Residential 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.
Suitable for people working in:
Caring for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people with dementia
Become culturally competent in caring for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people with dementia.
Suitable for people working in:Respite care , Palliative care , Emergency care , Mixed care , Community care , Residential care , Acute care , Primary care
Too much of a good thing: fundamentals of deprescribing
Maximising benefit and minimising harm; Learn how you can support the deprescribing process in older people living with dementia.
Suitable for people working in:Respite care , Palliative care , Residential care , Acute care , Primary care , Community care
The view from here: Skills in aged and community dementia care
Understand the care experience from the viewpoint of the person living with dementia.
Suitable for people working in:Respite care , Mixed care , Community care , Residential care
Understanding responsive behaviours
Increase your knowledge of caring for a person experiencing dementia-related responsive behaviours and explore how people with dementia may express their needs through behaviour, rather than word.
Suitable for people working in:Mixed care , Respite care , Community care , Residential care
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