Dementia Care

Categories: Social Care
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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

  • What is dementia
  • Types of dementia
  • Alzheimer’s disease
  • Vascular dementia
  • Frontotemporal dementia
  • Dementia with Lewy bodies
  • Rarer forms of dementia
  • The causes of dementia
  • Causes of Alzheimer’s disease
  • Causes of vascular dementia
  • Causes of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB)
  • Causes of frontotemporal dementia
  • Other causes
  • Dementia as a disability
  • Risk factors
  • Prevention

Unit 2

Unit 3

Unit 4

Unit 5

Final Exam

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