Dementia Education Online Resource
Dear Student
The Eastern Australia Dementia Training and Study Centre (EADTSC) is please to announce the launch of the ‘Dementia Education Online’ resource, a website providing flexible learning for undergraduate and postgraduate students wishing to further their dementia care education and/or professional development.
Developed by leading academics at the University of Wollongong, Queensland University of Technology, and Griffith University, this free resource presents three essential elements of good quality dementia care:
1. What is Dementia:
• Incidence and prevalence of dementia
• Different types of dementia and the associated pathophysiology
• Insight into the needs of special groups in the community with a diagnosis of dementia
• Impact of dementia from the perspective of a person with dementia and a carer
2. Recognising Dementia:
• Screening and assessment in dementia
• Distinguishing dementia, delirium, and depression
• Making a differential diagnosis
• Supporting persons with dementia and carers during an assessment
• Multi-disciplinary approach to screening and assessment
3. Communication in Dementia Care:
• Impact of dementia on communication
• Importance of effective communication in dementia care
• Strategies to enhance communication between practitioners, the person with dementia, and carers
The EADTSC welcomes and encourages interested students to access the attached website.
For further information on the website or the EADTSC, please contact Dr Nancy Humpel on (02) 4221 5441 or (02) 4221 5927, or visit the EADTSC website: https://dementia.uow.edu.au/
Thankyou
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