Caregiving Skills - Dementia Care

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Caregiving Skills - Dementia Care

Q: What are the best free online dementia care courses?

Alison’s free online Dementia Care course will provide you with the necessary skills and knowledge to begin a career in caring for dementia patients. The course highlights the key traits of a patient with dementia and also the best way to care and look out for them. This practical course will provide you with specially selected activities to engage with the individual and positively stimulate the brain.

Q: What skills do you need to work in dementia care?

Dementia is often very frightening for the patient as they become less familiar with their surroundings. Compassion, patience, kindness and forward thinking are all traits that a good caregiver should possess, especially when working with a patient with dementia. Alison’s Caregiving Skills - Dementia Care includes skills such as helping patients with mobility issues.

Q: What are the stages of dementia?

There are multiple stages of dementia which can be affected by the specific type of disease the patient has. Dementia begins with the early characteristics of forgetfulness, followed by a moderate decline and finally a severe/very severe decline. The timeline can vary depending on the patient.

Q: What are 4 issues people with dementia have?

The Dementia Care course describes the telltale signs of dementia and what to look out for. Other than forgetfulness, issues include withdrawal from social activities, increased difficulty in completing familiar tasks, inability to think clearly or express oneself effectively, and personality changes.

Build the caregiving skills needed to communicate, support, and work effectively with clients living with dementia.

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In this free course, you will learn how to:

Define dementia and differentiate common forms of dementia by their typical features and symptoms
Describe common symptoms and changing support needs across the early, middle and late stages of Alzheimer’s disease
Describe ways to support families and care partners following a dementia diagnosis
Describe common behaviour and communication changes experienced by people living with dementia
Describe person-centred dementia care and the role of dignity, choice, comfort, and personal history in good support
Recognise changed behaviour as possible communication of distress, pain, fear, unmet needs, or environmental stress
Identify the care worker's role and limits in observing, supporting, documenting and reporting changes
Select respectful verbal and non-verbal communication techniques when supporting people living with dementia
Explain how to work respectfully with families, friends, care partners and wider care teams
Select meaningful activities and psychosocial approaches that reflect the person’s needs and preferences
Discuss young-onset dementia and how age, roles, relationships and responsibilities may influence support needs
Explain how appropriate assistive technologies can help support orientation, communication and independence

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