Dementia Care

Course Overview

This course is designed to provide learners with basic knowledge and skills to walk through the journey of care for persons living with dementia and their caregivers.

• Describe what is dementia, signs and symptoms
• Understand how dementia at different stages impact persons living with dementia and their caregivers
• Apply Person Centred Care (PCC) approach in daily life
• Facilitate holistic activities to promote independence and abilities
• Demonstrate effective communication techniques for successful engagement
• Identify care and support for end of life needs of persons living with dementia
• List community resources available to support care of persons living with dementia

Our trainers possess the relevant qualifications and experience to develop and deliver the training courses in their domain areas. Most of them have attained Advanced Certificate in Training and Assessment (ACTA) certification or is certified with WSQ Diploma in Adult and Continuing Education that qualifies them to design and develop a learner-centric and industry-specific training programme and competency-based assessment.

Certification Type

• Upon successful completion of this course, you will obtain a Certificate of Achievement
• This course is stackable towards:
  
  Certificate of Accomplishment in Foundational Programme for Community Care Manager
• Other Related Courses:
  
  Basic Nursing Skills

  Change Management and Influencing Skills

  Design Thinking, Gerontechnology and Innovation

  Effective Communication and Conflict Management

  Geriatric Care Management

  Infection Prevention & Control and Wound Management

  Multi-disciplinary Perspectives in Gerontology

  Preceptorship Program

  Quality Assurance and Root Cause Analysis (RCA)

Course Fees

The full course fee is $700.00 (before GST).

For learners working in eligible community care organisations (CCOs), the course fee subsidy is as follows: