Dementia Awareness (VTQ)
Online & Classroom Training Course
Video Playtime
1 hour and 46 minutes
Video Count
42 videos
Audio
English
Captions
English
Proof of Completion
Certificate
This Course Includes:
- Endorsed by Skills for Care & TQUK
- 3.0 hrs CPD Certificate
- Evidence Based Training Certificate
- Instant printable wall certificate
- 24/7 on-demand video
- Access on mobile
- Weekly refresher video
- Expiration reminder
- Student manual
Preview the course content:
Section 1
Course Introduction
- Course introduction 2:10
- Course overview 1:36
- What is Dementia? 3:41
- and more...
Section 2
Types of Dementia
- Classifications of Dementia 1:31
- Is Dementia a mental illness 2:41
- Early diagnosis of Dementia and reporting 3:53
- and more...
Section 3
Looking after someone with Dementia
- Living with Dementia 1:15
- Helping people with Dementia 2:18
- Alzheimers window 1:38
- and more...
Section 4
Discussing Dementia
- The Social Model of Disability 1:17
- Communication and Dementia 3:32
- Dementia and Infection Control in the Home 1:54
- and more...
Section 5
Regulation
- The safeguarding vulnerable groups act 2006 2:26
- The Human Rights Act 1998 2:38
- Discriminatory Abuse and the Equality Act 2:24
- and more...
Section 6
Course Summary
- Where to get help 1:32
- Dementia Course Recap 1:49
- Course Summary 2:07
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We have been recognised as an endorsed provider from Skills for Care, earning the prestigious distinction as a Centre of Excellence within training and health & social care.
Dementia Awareness has received a lot of press recently, as understanding Dementia and understanding patients needs are very important. This course is available as a video online, blended or class-based course nationally delivered usually over a half-day or can be a full day depending on your needs.
The aims of the course are to have a wider understanding about Dementia, signs and symptoms, causes and treatment, and how to communicate to dementia patients and engage them in activities and develop strategies for intervening with challenging behaviours and communication difficulties.
This qualification and most of the other ProTrainings qualifications are Endorsed by TQUK to show our commitment to extra levels of compliance and quality assurance.
Companies, organisations or agencies are encouraged to contact us for group discounts and information about onsite training and how our system can be used to track and monitor your staff training.
This course comes with 3.0 hrs (4.0 class) of CPD, although the time to complete the course online may be less than this. Total course time includes 1 hour and 46 minutes of video training as well as knowledge reviews, final test, remedial help and reviewing downloaded material.
The content of this and all our courses has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines and come with a Certified CPD Statement as well as a ProTrainings Certificate and for online courses an Evidence Based Learning statement.
- Dementia Interpreter Feedback Form
- The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) web link
- AT Dementia website link
- Age UK Website with information on Dementia link
- Alzheimer's Society website link
- CQC website link
- Cae Inspectorate Scotland website link
- Care Information Scotland website link
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) link to the NHS website
- Dementia Action Alliance link
- Dementia And Oral Health - Caregiving Tips from Colgate
- Dementia Friends information website link
- Dementia UK website link
- Dental care page of the Alzheimers Society website
- Dental problems and their management in patients with dementia from the British Dental Association
- Factsheet: Dental care and oral health from Alzheimers Society
- Find a classroom course locally
- Find out what other courses are available as video online, blended and classroom courses nationally on our course finder
- Free student first aid program leaflet
- Home Emergency Contact Sheet
- Mental Capacity Act (2005) Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards: England 2015-16, Official Statistics
- NHS Choices Web link
- NHS website on Dementia link
- Oral Health and Dementia: Obstacles, Assessments, and Management of Patients with Dementia
- Regulated - COVID 19 Pre-Screen Student Evaluation Form
- Sign up for free Student First Aid - use code SCH-376-61-571
- Skills for Care Website
- Skills for Care Website
- Skills for Health Website
- The Dementia Action Alliance Website link
- Visit the First Aid Show free for first aid and medical videos
- Workplace Accident Book
- Workplace Emergency Contact Sheet
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