Dementia Review Course

This certified course is designed for all primary care staff involved in conducting the dementia review with patients and their carers. Full of engaging and enjoyable films, animations and audio recordings to make learning enjoyable, meaningful and directly linked to best practice. Ideal for CPD.  Systematically designed to cover all domains of the Review the course includes:

Understanding mild cognitive impairment, cognition & differential diagnosis of dementias

Assessing and helping modify changes in behaviour

Assessing & treating moods (e.g Apathy, Agitation, Distress, Depression)

Understanding hallucinations, delusions, misperceptions

Understanding and treating delirium

Supporting families and carers to know what to say and do during challenging times

Sleep

Medication compliance

Carer assessment, referral and support

Nutritional status

Care planning, Advance statements, Mental capacity, End of life

Social circumstances (inc. driving, social prescribing)

Herbert Protocol (for when a person is missing)

What people have said about the course:

“The clear structure of the training was very systematic and broke each area of the review

down into key areas. Giving examples of how to practically applicate knowledge into practice.

The different delivery styles of teaching i.e.Videos etc arevVery helpful, which I have already started to

utilise in my practice”

  Curtis, Physician Associate