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Question 1.

Are you looking for training for yourself or for your staff or organisation?

Myself

Staff or organisation

Question 2.

What is your occupation?

Occupation

Please select your occupation.

Occupations in this category include: Occupational Therapist...

Occupations in this category include: Other (Occupation not listed)...

Occupations in this category include: Personal Care Assistant (PCA)...

Occupations in this category include: Registered Nurse (RN)...

Occupations in this category include: Aboriginal Health Worker or Practitioner...

Occupations in this category include: Academic – Health Professional...

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Occupations in this category include: Academic - Pharmacist...

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Occupations in this category include: Catering and Hospitality Worker...

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Occupations in this category include: Clinical Governance Advisor...

Occupations in this category include: Clinical Governance Manager...

Occupations in this category include: Clinical Neuropsychologist...

Occupations in this category include: Clinical Nurse...

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Occupations in this category include: Dementia Champion...

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Occupations in this category include: Dementia Practitioner...

Occupations in this category include: Dementia Specialist...

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Occupations in this category include: Dementia Specific Nurse Specialist...

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Occupations in this category include: Neuropsychologist...

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Occupations in this category include: Pharmacist...

Occupations in this category include: Pharmacy Student...

Occupations in this category include: Physiotherapist...

Occupations in this category include: Physiotherapy Assistant (PTA)...

Occupations in this category include: Podiatrist...

Occupations in this category include: Policy Officer...

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Occupations in this category include: Professional Education Officer or Teacher...

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Occupations in this category include: Property Manager...

Occupations in this category include: Psychiatrist...

Occupations in this category include: Psychologist...

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Occupations in this category include: Research Assistant (RA)...

Occupations in this category include: Research Associate (RA)...

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Occupations in this category include: Research Officer (RO)...

Occupations in this category include: Researcher...

Occupations in this category include: Researcher - Health Professional...

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Occupations in this category include: Researcher - Pharmacist...

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Occupations in this category include: Services...

Occupations in this category include: Sessional Academic...

Occupations in this category include: Social Work Student...

Occupations in this category include: Social Worker...

Occupations in this category include: Speech Pathologist...

Occupations in this category include: Sports Scientist...

Occupations in this category include: Statistician...

Occupations in this category include: Student Registered or Enrolled Nurse...

Occupations in this category include: TAFE Teacher...

Occupations in this category include: Therapy Facilitator...

Occupations in this category include: Therapy or Activities Assistant...

Occupations in this category include: Town Planner...

Occupations in this category include: Undergraduate Health Professional Student...

Occupations in this category include: Undergraduate or Post Graduate Student...

Occupations in this category include: Unemployed or Retiree...

Occupations in this category include: Village Manager...

Occupations in this category include: Volunteer...

Other occupation

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Question 3.

What topics are you interested in?

Select up to 3 topics of interest

Dementia Awareness and Understanding

Explores recognising signs and symptoms of the various types of dementia, including young-onset and childhood dementia, accessing diagnosis, support, and services, the impact of neurological changes, reducing stigma, and promoting inclusion and strategies for reducing the risk of developing dementia.

Dementia Diagnosis and Support

This Domain covers recognising and understanding the early signs and symptoms of dementia, assessments, and timely diagnosis in different age groups, advance care planning, immediate post-diagnostic support, and connection to services.

Human Rights, Ethics and Supporting Autonomy

This Domain includes capacity, informed consent and informed decision making; disability, equality and non-discrimination; the right to risk and to take risks, and dignity of choice; privacy and confidentiality; legal and policy frameworks; preventing abuse and neglect; ensuring equal access to treatment and services; and minimising the use of restrictive practices.

Person-Centred Care

This Domain includes understanding different paradigms and models of care for dementia, the importance of individuality and identity, addressing the human needs of individuals living with dementia, culture change in care and support, utilising an individual's life history to maintain personhood, fostering relationship-focused and person directed care, and understanding the impact of malignant social psychology and stigma on individuals living with dementia.

Working in Partnerships with Families and Carers

The focus of this Domain are valuing carers and families as care partners in decision-making, assessing carers needs, access to support and information for families and carers, conflicts of interest and balancing needs and choices, diversity, culture, and beliefs in the caring role, and supporting young carers and family members.

Independence and Enablement

The themes covered in this Domain include supporting choice, autonomy, and supported decision making, supporting independence and function, multi-disciplinary approach to holistic care, access to rehabilitation services, enablement and reablement approaches, and driving.

Communication and Connection

The themes covered in this Domain include the impact of cognitive changes on communication, emotional intelligence, communication skills and techniques, enabling communication, cultural and language considerations, loneliness and isolation, and promoting connectedness.

Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health

The themes covered in this Domain include the expression of spirituality, meaning and finding purpose, personal growth, sense of emotional security, experiencing joy, mental health comorbidities, and engagement and socialisation.

Physical Wellbeing

The themes in this Domain include delirium, reducing overmedication (polypharmacy), managing pain, sensory impairment, and other comorbidities, mobility and physical activity, nutrition and hydration,continence issues, and sleep.

Enabling Environments

This Domain covers understanding and applying the relevant principles of design that contribute to a person-centred built environment, assessing the impact of the environment on a person's quality of life and adapting it, utilising assistive technology, supporting community access to the outdoors, self-engagement, leisure, and recreation and developing meaningfully engaging spaces.

Behaviour

This domain covers understanding of behaviour as communication, the causes of illbeing and distress that lead to changed behaviour, and positive approaches to meeting the needs of people living with dementia, including psycho-social-spiritual engagement (which includes activities, therapies and engagement that help meet a person's need for emotional and social support, and spiritual wellbeing). Other themes include access to information and support, the use and limitations of pharmacological interventions, language and labelling, and psychological symptoms.

Diversity

This domain encompasses respecting diverse backgrounds and cultures, developing cultural competence, understanding sexuality, gender, and body diversity, specific challenges faced when living with dementia in regional, rural and remote areas, and recognising the impact of cultural perceptions and beliefs on the experience of dementia.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

The focus of this domain is building cultural competence, increasing community awareness and understanding, and access to culturally safe and appropriate services, the prevalence and incidence of dementia in Indigenous communities, developing culturally responsive assessment and diagnosis practices, and understanding the importance of community-based care in this population.

End of life

The themes of this domain include the importance of end of life care and palliative approaches that uphold high standards of clinical practice and ethical considerations, reduce pain, distress, and suffering as much as possible, physical care needs, respecting choices in end of life conversations and decisions, and cultural and spiritual needs, through to supporting both individuals and their families through bereavement and grief.

Question 4.

Identify your knowledge level for each topic area.

Learn more about dementia knowledge levels

1. Introductory

I am new to supporting people with dementia and/or I would like to develop basic or introductory dementia knowledge about this topic.

2. Foundational

I already have some basic knowledge or experience of dementia in this topic and would like to increase my knowledge and understanding to support or care for a person living with dementia.

3. Enhanced Practice

I already have foundational knowledge in this topic and would like to develop a deeper knowledge and skill base to support people living with dementia and their carers and/or progress to becoming a dementia specialist practitioner.

4. Advanced Practice/ Expertise

I have in-depth knowledge or experience built on the previous three levels in this topic and seek advanced dementia knowledge and skills to support and lead innovation and practice and/or become a dementia specialist practitioner or researcher.

Enabling Environments

Dementia Awareness and Understanding

Person-Centered Care

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Are you looking for training for yourself or for your staff or organisation?

What is your occupation?

What topics are you interested in?

Identify your knowledge level for each topic area.

1. Introductory

2. Foundational

3. Enhanced Practice

4. Advanced Practice/ Expertise

We’ve found 000 learning opportunities relevant to you.

We recommend contacting Dementia Training Australia to discuss your organisation's specific needs.

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