Online dementia course Online Dementia Courses

Increase your dementia knowledge with our range of online courses

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Cost Free for Australian workers
certificate on completion
Certificate Available on completion
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Recognising and acting on pain in people living with dementia for direct care workers

3 hrs
Cost free
Certificate

Learn how to look, listen and investigate pain in people living with dementia who are unable to verbalise their discomfort or pain.

Suitable for people working in:

Residential care,  Primary care,  Community care,  Mixed care,  Respite care,  Palliative care

Supporting Aged Care Quality Standard: 3
Online Course

Creating supportive environments for people living with dementia

4 hrs
Cost free
Certificate

Explore why environments matter and how you can help support transformation of the places you work to better support people living with dementia.

Suitable for people working in:

Residential care,  Acute care,  Mixed care

Supporting Aged Care Quality Standard: 5
Online Course

Walking safely with dementia

2 hrs
Cost free
Certificate

Learn how to identify and address the issues related to wandering for people living with dementia in the community, and for their carers.

Suitable for people working in:

Residential care,  Acute care,  Primary care,  Community care,  Mixed care,  Respite care,  Palliative care,  Emergency care

Supporting Aged Care Quality Standard: 1 2 3 4
Online Course

Dementia Discovery

3 hrs
Cost free
Certificate

Develop your knowledge about specific types of dementia and potential underlying changes in the brain.

Suitable for people working in:

Residential care,  Community care,  Mixed care,  Respite care

Online Course

Dementia Friendly Pharmacy

3 hrs
Cost free
Certificate

Explore the ways in which community pharmacies can improve their ability to meet the needs of family carers of people living with dementia.

Suitable for people working in:

Acute care,  Primary care,  Community care,  Mixed care

Online Course

Caring for LGBTI people with dementia

3 hrs
Cost free
Certificate

Become culturally competent in caring for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans/gender diverse and intersex (LGBTI) people with dementia.

Suitable for people working in:

Residential care,  Acute care,  Primary care,  Community care,  Mixed care,  Respite care,  Palliative care,  Emergency care

Supporting Aged Care Quality Standard: 1 3
Online Course

The pain puzzle: Recognition, assessment and treatment of pain in people living with dementia

2 hrs
Cost free
Certificate

Increase your understanding of pain assessment and management for people with dementia living in a residential environment.

Suitable for people working in:

Residential care,  Acute care,  Primary care,  Mixed care,  Respite care

Supporting Aged Care Quality Standard: 1 3
Online Course

The view from here: Skills in aged and community dementia care

2 hrs
Cost free
Certificate

Understand the care experience from the viewpoint of the person living with dementia.

Suitable for people working in:

Residential care,  Community care,  Mixed care,  Respite care

Supporting Aged Care Quality Standard: 1 2 3
Online Course

Understanding changed behaviours

3 hrs 30 mins
Cost free
Certificate

Increase your knowledge of caring for a person experiencing dementia-related changed behaviours and explore how people with dementia may express their needs through behaviour, rather than word.

Suitable for people working in:

Residential care,  Community care,  Mixed care,  Respite care

Supporting Aged Care Quality Standard: 1 2 3

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