Dementia awareness
Course outline
This training course has been designed as an introduction to dementia so that carers can learn more about the subject and feel more confident about caring for someone with the condition.
The course covers all aspects of dementia, including the symptoms, information diagnosis, and tips to help staff to communicate more effectively.
Suggested attendees
All staff who come into contact with the public.
This Local Authority & Housing Dementia Awareness training course is aimed at all staff including:
- All new employees
- Staff who come into contact with the public
- Team Leaders
Course content
Types of dementia
- What dementia is
- Who can be affected?
- Myths v reality
Understanding dementia
- Signs and symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Behaviour
- Dos and don’ts
Improve care delivery
- Listening strategies
- Communication
By the end of this course your team will be able to:
- Understand the different types of dementia
- Recognise common symptoms
- Understand dementia diagnosis
- Know how to communicate with someone with dementia
At the end of this course your team will receive:
- A certificate of attendance
- Receive a course workbook
- Access to a dedicated delegate resource area
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Duration 3.5 hours
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Delegates 16 Max
Delivery methods
IKON Live remote workplace
training
Our effective remote communications training enables your people to get the training they need wherever they are, with a real life IKON trainer, via Microsoft Teams.
Face-to-face
training
Many of our courses, especially those with physical skills, can be delivered in a face-to-face training environment, either at your venue or ours.
Other local authority and housing courses
- Breakaway
- Conflict resolution
- Conflict resolution and personal safety
- Lone worker
- Managing challenging behaviour – practical
- Managing challenging behaviour – theory
- Mental health awareness
- Resolving telephone conflict
Local authority and housing prospectus
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Fantastic course, really helpful, the trainers had so much experience in this field, they could answer and queries we had. Really enjoyed it, thank you.
Great trainer, humorous, attentive, knowledgeable, great pace. Learnt a lot. Good to refresh sections after each task. Practical was excellent too. Very, very good indeed!