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Session - Understanding Dementia

Session - Understanding Dementia

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Dementia awareness for Enhanced Skills Practitioners

Dementia awareness

Introduction to working with people who have Dementia

This is an introductory online education package designed for professionals working with people with Dementia. It will explore the essentials of dementia, including its impact on cognitive function, communication, and behaviours. The course aims to equip you with both foundational knowledge and practical skills to foster positive, person-centred interactions when providing oral health care.

eLearning activities

Access: Improving practice learning resources [skilled level]

Dementia: Improving Practice [skilled level]

This eLearning programme is designed to develop the knowledge and skills set out at the ‘Dementia Skilled Practice Level’ of Promoting Excellence: a framework for all health and social services staff working with people with dementia, their families and carers.

Adult Support and Protection

Adult Support and Protection is integral to the protection of human rights. Human rights are the basic rights and freedoms which we are all entitled to live with dignity, equality and fairness.

Protection matters because it means protecting people’s right to live in safety, free from harm and any form of physical or emotional abuse or neglect is unacceptable. If you thought a child was at risk of harm, you'd do something about it, and it should be no different for an adult.

Important note:

You should have completed the following modules as part of your AWI learning programme.

Please only complete these once, skip this stage if you have both completion certificates in your learning history attached to your account.

Access eLearning module 1

Adult Support and Protection Level 1 [informed]

The overall aim of the adult support and protection practice level 1 (informed) module is to give you the information you will need to ensure the protection and wellbeing of adults at risk of harm.

It will also highlight what to do should you become concerned that an adult is being harmed or at risk of harm. The practice level 1 module is for all members of the health workforce, whether employed or volunteers.

Access eLearning module 2

Adult Support and Protection Level 2 [skilled]

The overall aim of the adult support and protection practice level 2 (skilled) module is to support you in recognising adults at risk of harm and the processes involved in adult support and protection. The practice level 2 module is for staff who, within their role, have direct and/or substantial contact with adults.

Recommended Resources

Video resource: What is Alzheimer's disease?

Video resources: What is vascular dementia?

Video resource: What is dementia with lewy bodies?

Introduction to delirium

Access eLearning: Introduction to delerium

Introduction to delirium

This eLearning course aims to deliver an overview of delirium and the impact that it may have on a persons communication and behaviours.

The estimated completion time is 1 hour.

Recommended sources of information for the future

Once for Scotland: Dementia learning resources

Once for Scotland: Dementia resources

The learning programmes and resources on this site will support you to gain the knowledge and skills within the Promoting Excellence framework in order to support people with dementia and their families and carers to have the best quality of life possible.