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Optimum physical health is essential to overall wellbeing and quality of life, and it is important to understand the factors that impact physical wellbeing for people living with dementia. The themes covered in Domain 9 include a range of areas that may impact on a person living with dementia’s health and physical wellbeing.
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Delirium is a serious medical condition producing sudden and often severe changes in a person’s mental function. A person typically has difficulty thinking clearly, maintaining focus or attention, and may appear confused or disorientated. Delirium needs to be recognised early and managed promptly.
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CogSleep Questionnaire
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This module raises awareness of person-centred pain management and the importance of pain evaluationOnline course
This module will explore how to assess pain in people living with dementia who are not able to report their pain.Online course
This module provides an overview of pain and how to recognise pain in people with dementia who can’t tell us that they are in pain.Online course
Learn how to look, listen and investigate pain in people living with dementia who are unable to verbalise their discomfort or pain.Online course
Learn about some specific strategies that nurses and carers can use to help older people in their care sleep better.Online course
Learn more about the risk factors for disturbed sleep and how to assess the timing and quality of an older person’s sleep.Online course
Improve your understanding about the importance of sleep, the brain and sleep and the problems that can arise with poor or disrupted sleep.Online course
Understand some of the issues older people have with their sleep, learn about the association between sleep and dementia and uncover ways that nurses and care workers can optimise sleep for those living in aged care.Online course
Develop your knowledge of how your role can support the deprescribing process for older people living with dementia.Online course
Expand your understanding of why older people living with dementia so often use multiple medicines, and why this can be a problem.