Effective Dementia Communication

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Understanding Dementia - Effective Communication

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This course is in the base subscription pack

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Category

Health, Disability and Aged Care

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Course Duration

0:20

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Subject Matter Expert

Frontline Care Solutions

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Provider

Kineo Courses

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Endorser

The Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA)

This activity has been endorsed by APNA according to approved quality standards criteria. Completion of these educational activities entitles eligible participants to claim 20 CPD minutes.

This course will teach the learner how to practise good, effective communication when caring for someone living with dementia, including verbal and non-verbal communication. It also will teach the learner to recognise when someone is communicating a need and how to fulfil these needs while maintaining dignity in care.

Target Audience

This course is designed for care workers providing care to a person living with dementia.

Learning Outcomes

This course is designed to make sure you:

ensure the people you care for have their needs met and their dignity maintained
recognise when a person living with dementia is communicating an unmet need, and
help meet the needs and requirements of the people you care for.

Contextualised Content

behaviour, people, Aged Care Quality Standards, memory, cognitive, care, support, residential, home care, person-centred, communication

Health, Disability and Aged Care

Understanding Dementia - Effective Communication

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