Dementia is not a natural part of ageing and it’s not a disease in its own right. It’s actually a word that’s used to represent a set of symptoms.

  • Human Resources
  • 40 languages
  • 75m

Learning outcomes

  • Know how to identify and act upon early signs of dementia – including understanding the social, emotional and physical impact
  • Have a good understanding of the different aspects of dementia care and how to carry them out
  • Know about the variety of support that’s available to those with dementia and their families, including how to offer it

Covered in this course

Course contents

This training course is broken down into 4 sections

  1. 1
    Raising Awareness
  2. 2
    Dementia-Friendly Environments
  3. 3
    Active Planning & Active Caring
  4. 4
    Living Well With Dementia

About this course

This Dementia for Carers course aligns with legal and best practice guidelines; it provides users with the knowledge they need to offer compassionate and person-centred care to people with dementia, their family carers and their loved ones.

It’s the perfect introduction for anyone who’s training to ​​Tier 2 of the Dementia Standards Training Framework1 – particularly professional carers, support workers, and anyone who works closely with people living with dementia – and it’s useful for family carers too. It works alongside other courses such as The Care Certificate bundle and your organisation’s face-to-face training, to make sure that the quality of care is as high as it can be.

Users will receive a downloadable certificate upon completion. Get started with a no-obligation free trial today.

The importance of Dementia Awareness for Carers

It's important that you comply with the law and understand the positive impact this training course can have on your organisation and employees.

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Available in 40 languages

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Our most popular languages

Italian
German
Romanian
French
Polish
Lithuanian

Dementia Awareness for Carers certificate

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Each of our courses ends with a multiple-choice test to measure your knowledge of the material.

Please note if you are using our course content via SCORM in a third party LMS then we are unable to provide certificates and you will need to generate these in your host LMS yourself.

11 real user reviews

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I good eye opener it was really good

I loved doing the course it got me to understand in more detail.

Very informative

This user gave this course a rating of 5/5 stars

Good

My mind has been refreshed on how to deal with patients with dementia

Clear and Concise

It was good to be reminded of the importance of communication, verbal and non verbal. The balance between simplicity and patronizing. Not showing impatience even when we feel it. That Distress can mean Unmet needs.

Well explained and simplified

I found the extra and supporting information on each subject very helpful,

Excellent

The training is well explanatory.

Good reading

This user gave this course a rating of 5/5 stars

Very enjoyable

I have enjoyed the course learning more about dementia and all diffrent types

Why is this training important?

Compliance

It’s important that you comply with the law and know the ways in which it affects you and the way you work.

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