Online Dementia Courses
Increase your dementia knowledge with our range of online courses
Recognising and acting on pain in people living with dementia for direct care workers
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
Creating supportive environments for people living with dementia
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
Appropriate use of benzodiazepines and other sedatives
This course will explore the role that benzodiazepines and other sedatives play in supporting a person with dementia experiencing a changed behaviour. The course will highlight the risks associated with using benzodiazepines and other sedatives, discuss the situations when benzodiazepines and other sedatives may be helpful in supporting a person with dementia and, discuss the prescribing guidelines and durations of therapy in these circumstances.
Suitable for people working in:Residential care, Primary care, Community care
Walking safely with dementia
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
Dementia Discovery
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
Sleep matters
Understand some of the issues older people have with their sleep, learn about the association between sleep and dementia and uncover ways that nurses and care workers can optimise sleep for those living in aged care.
Suitable for people working in:Residential care
Caring for LGBTI people with dementia
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
Reducing medicines in people living with dementia
Maximising benefit and minimising harm. Learn how you can support the deprescribing process in older people living with dementia.
Suitable for people working in:Residential care, Acute care, Primary care, Community care, Respite care, Palliative care
Minimising use of antipsychotic medications for responsive behaviour
Learn how to create an evidence-based plan to support the minimisation of antipsychotic medication for responsive behaviours, in your workplace.
Suitable for people working in:Residential care, Respite care
The pain puzzle: Recognition, assessment and treatment of pain in people living with dementia
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
The view from here: Skills in aged and community dementia care
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
Understanding changed behaviours
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
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