This free-to-learn course is accredited by Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI) and CPD-certified.

Are you having trouble handling unpleasant caregiving behaviours? Complex interactions can be overwhelming and may reduce the quality of care. This course offers practical strategies to address these challenges. It covers definitions, triggers, and the psychological, social, and environmental factors that influence behavior. You will learn to communicate effectively, interpret nonverbal cues, and enhance caregiver-care receiver relationships. Legal and ethical issues are also explored, ensuring you understand your rights, obligations, and standards of care.

Next, we cover preventive strategies, de-escalation techniques, medication administration, and environmental modifications to manage behaviors. You will also gain insights into caregiver well-being, stress management, resilience, and career growth. Additionally, we include case studies that showcase practical applications to enhance the daily care. The course also considers how challenging behaviours may appear in dementia care, where behaviours such as aggression, withdrawal, repetition, resistance to care or wandering may reflect confusion, distress, unmet needs or difficulty communicating.

This course content was created in partnership with Kendra McCracken, a Caregiving Consultant whose qualifications include a Master of Arts in Adult Education and a Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership. For more information on our subject matter expert, visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/kendra-mccracken-women-in-leadership/. The authors partially generated this text with GPT-4, OpenAI's large-scale language-generation model. Upon generating draft language, the authors and subject matter experts reviewed, edited, and revised the text to ensure it reflected accurate expertise and met high pedagogical standards. Enrol now and learn for free!