Introduction to Dementia Awareness | E-Learning

Introduction to Dementia Awareness | E-Learning

Dementia is not a single condition. Understanding the differences changes how you support someone.

Dementia is a chronic, progressive impairment of brain function. It affects cognition, memory, behaviour and the ability to carry out everyday tasks. Crucially, it does not affect everyone in the same way. The type of dementia, the part of the brain affected, and the stage of progression all influence how a person presents and what kind of support is most useful.

For anyone working with or caring for someone living with dementia, this is not an academic distinction. It is the foundation of effective, respectful support. A response that works well for a person with Alzheimer’s disease may be entirely wrong for someone with vascular dementia or Lewy body dementia. Understanding these differences, and knowing how to adapt, is what good dementia-aware practice looks like.

This CPD-approved online course provides a clear, accessible overview of the common types of dementia, how each affects the brain, and what this means for the people who care for or work alongside those living with the condition.

What You Will Learn

• What dementia is: a definition of the condition and an explanation of how it differs from normal age-related cognitive change
• The most common types of dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, Lewy body dementia and frontotemporal dementia
• How dementia affects different parts of the brain, and what this means for the symptoms a person experiences
• The progression of dementia: how symptoms typically change over time and across the stages of the condition
• Behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia, including agitation, wandering, sleep disturbance, and challenging behaviour, and what may underlie them
• Practical strategies for communicating effectively with someone living with dementia, including the use of environment, routine, validation and non-verbal communication
• How to respond to challenging behaviour in a way that reduces distress rather than escalating it
• The impact of dementia on family members and informal carers, and how to provide appropriate support

Course Details

Who Should Attend?

This course is appropriate for care assistants, support workers, nursing staff, allied health professionals, domiciliary care workers, residential care staff, family members and any member of the public who wants to understand dementia and support someone living with it more effectively.

Certificate in Introduction to Dementia Awareness:

• PDF format certificates are issued as standard, as soon as you complete the course.

Course duration:

• The course includes around 25 minutes of video lead learning.

Test:

• This Introduction to Dementia Awareness course is tested online & you’ll need to gain a minimum of 70% in each of the modules to pass.
• There are short tests throughout to help cement your learning.
• You will undertake a multiple choice exam at the end of the course.

Pre-requisites:

• We recommend that you have a reasonable understanding of English & maths (e.g. GCSE grade D/Level 1) before undertaking this course.

Candidates:

• Purchase a place for yourself, or purchase a bundle for your colleagues.

Geographical coverage:

• The Introduction to Dementia Awareness course is available to candidates in the UK.
• The course can be delivered in other countries. Candidates should be aware that the content was developed in accordance with current UK practice, protocols & guidance.

Venue:

• The Introduction to Dementia Awareness course can be run on any electronic device. We recommend that a laptop/desktop is used to ensure that you can see the screen clearly.

Joining instructions:

• Shortly after you purchase your place on the course, we will email you your login details for the course.
• Visit this page to read the course joining instructions including everything you need to know about our e-learning courses.

Links:

• NHS Dementia Guide