Dementia Awareness
£18.00 inc. VAT
Level: Level 2 & 3.
Accreditation: This course is CPD certified.
Course Aims
This eLearning course aims to raise your awareness and develop your understanding of dementia.
The course begins with an introduction to the meaning of dementia and explores the four main types of dementia together with their causes. You will examine the signs and symptoms that may indicate dementia before considering how it is diagnosed and why an early diagnosis is important. You will go on to explore the factors that may increase the risk of developing dementia and how to reduce them. The course concludes with the treatments available to individuals diagnosed with dementia including the need to adopt a person-centred approach.
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course learners should know and understand the following:
- Know the meaning of the term dementia, the 4 main types and their causes.
- Know the symptoms of 4 types of dementia.
- Know how dementia is diagnosed and why early diagnosis is important.
- Know the factors that may increase the risk of dementia and how to reduce them.
- Know how dementia may be treated.
Course Syllabus Includes
- What is dementia
- Main types of dementiannAlzheimer’s diseasenVascular dementianDementia with Lewy bodiesnFrontotemporal dementia
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Vascular dementia
- Dementia with Lewy bodies
- Frontotemporal dementia
- Causes of dementia
- Rarer causes of dementia
- Symptoms of dementia
- How dementia is diagnosed
- Why an early diagnosis of dementia is important
- Risk factors for developing dementia
- How to reduce the risk of developing dementia
- Treatments
- Validation approach
- Reality Orientation approach
Are courses certified?
Courses are fully certified. Once a learner successfully completes a course you are able to download the completion certificate FREE of charge.
How are courses going to be delivered?
Courses are delivered online and work on any internet enabled device. As long as you have access to an internet connection you can complete courses when and where you like 24 hours a day.
Are online courses accredited?
Yes, they are. Courses are CPD Certified and our Care Certificate is one of the first to be endorsed by Skills for Care.
How long do courses take to complete?
Some of our shorter courses will typically take between 30 minutes and an hour to complete. Some of the bigger ones will take longer and depends largely on each individual’s learning speed.
