Dementia Awareness: Seeing the Person
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Explain what dementia is and how it affects people, communicate in ways that help a person with dementia and look for the need behind distressed behaviour.
- Assign to
- Anyone working in health and social care
- Duration
- 25 minutes
- Evidence
- 12-question quiz
- Your version
- Editable
What they will be able to do
- Explain what dementia is and how it affects people.
- Communicate in ways that help a person with dementia.
- Look for the need behind distressed behaviour.
- Use life story and routine to support the person.
The course
- 01What dementia is
- 02How it feels
- 03Communicating
- 04Understanding distress
The decision they practise
In “Vi at the door”, a face-to-face conversation, learners practise what to say and do when the other person pushes back. The wrong options are things a well-meaning person might genuinely say, and the feedback explains why each one is tempting. Short animations show “Why Vi heads for the door at four” and “Two responses to Vi at four o’clock”.
How you know they finished
The 12-question quiz mixes multiple choice, matching and sequencing questions and returns to the opening story.
Roll it out with
Relevant legislation and guidance
The course draws on these. Which ones apply depends on the organisation and the role. Finishing the course is a training record.
- Mental Capacity Act 2005
- Care Act 2014
- Equality Act 2010
How this course is built
Interactive activity
Learners practise the decision in the course, including what to say when someone pushes back.
Edit it in the builder
On Growth and above, adapt the scenarios and wording to your own workplace, policies and reporting procedures.
A record they finished
The 12-question quiz closes the course, so you can show who completed it.
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