Dementia Care
Categories: Social Care

What Will You Learn?
- What is dementia
- Types of dementia
- The causes of dementia
- Dementia as a disability
- Risk factors
- Prevention
- The importance of diagnosing dementia early
- The process of diagnosing dementia
- Healthcare professionals
- Elements of social care
- Memory loss
- Impact of dementia on friends and family
- Medication and Therapies
- Community support groups
- Psychological and emotional needs
- What are the behaviours an individual may experience
- How to prevent behaviour that challenges
Course Content
Unit 1
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What is dementia
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Types of dementia
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Alzheimer’s disease
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Vascular dementia
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Frontotemporal dementia
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Dementia with Lewy bodies
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Rarer forms of dementia
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The causes of dementia
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Causes of Alzheimer’s disease
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Causes of vascular dementia
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Causes of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB)
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Causes of frontotemporal dementia
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Other causes
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Dementia as a disability
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Risk factors
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Prevention
Unit 2
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The importance of diagnosing dementia early
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The process of diagnosing dementia
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Getting symptoms checked out
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Going to the GP
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What will the GP ask
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Having tests
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The diagnosis
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The roles of those who provide help and support when a diagnosis has been made
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Healthcare professionals
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Elements of social care
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Help and support for carers
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Charities and voluntary organisations
Unit 3
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The effects of changes in the brain caused by dementia
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The cerebral hemispheres
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The frontal lobe
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The temporal lobe
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The parietal lobe
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Symptoms of dementia
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Formal diagnosis of dementia
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Stage One – Mild
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The common signs in stage one
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Stage Two – Moderate
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The common signs in stage two
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Stage Three – Severe
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The significance of memory loss
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The long-term memory effects
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The short-term memory effects
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Short- and long-term memories
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Memory loss
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The effects of dementia
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Impact of dementia on friends and family
Unit 4
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Medication
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Therapies
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Adapting the home
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Community support groups
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Charities
Unit 5
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A person-centred approach
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Communication
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What to keep in mind when caring for someone with dementia
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How to speak to someone with dementia
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What to say
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How to listen
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Memory aids
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Physical care needs
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Psychological and emotional needs
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Financial needs
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Behaviour that challenges
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What are the behaviours an individual may experience
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How to prevent behaviour that challenges
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What to remember
Final Exam
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Final Exam