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Dementia - person centred assessment SC87
Who is this course for?
This course is for team managers, social workers, social care support officers and occupational therapists, who are involved in assessment.
Prerequisite – to have completed SCIE Dementia E learning module.
Aims
To improve the quality of face to face assessments and support practice development.
Objectives
At the end of the course participants will be able to:
- Explain what dementia is, including the signs and symptoms.
- Identify the possible physical and mental experience of people living with dementia.
- Recognise and explain that a person’s experience of living with dementia will be unique to that individual.
- Name local services which could help support the person living with dementia, their carer and their family.
- Identify communication barriers and use skills to maximise communication and understanding with people with dementia.
- Recognise and explain the importance of reminiscence for many people with dementia and how to facilitate reminiscence.
- Describe how people with dementia use whatever means are available to them to communicate feelings and needs.
- Describe how the ‘different reality’ of a person with dementia usually indicates the person’s needs and feelings.
- Demonstrate how to respond with empathy
Trainer
Beth Noray – Liferoots Training
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