Learn more about the caregiving skills you need for working effectively with clients who are suffering from dementia. This free online Dementia Care course from Alison teaches proper dementia care. Dementia refers to a spectrum of brain disorders that involve difficulty with memory and thinking. This course will introduce you to the main symptoms and treatments of dementia as well as Alzheimer’s disease. You will also learn about the characteristics of people with dementia and the guidelines for choosing activities that are stimulating for them.
| College | Alison |
| Course ID | 186716 |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 1.5-3 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world's largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | In This Free Course, You Will Learn How To • Define and differentiate various forms of dementia and their symptoms • Describe the symptoms of early, mild and late stages of Alzheimer’s disease • Summarise a range of problem behaviors that are associated with Alzheimer’s disease and describe how to treat them • Develop skills to help families when a loved one has been diagnosed with dementia • Describe common behavioral traits exhibited by people with dementia and discuss effective ways to treat them • Discuss the importance of providing a variety of activities to patients with dementia, on a day-to-day basis |
| Course Code | 1610 |
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