Caring for LGBTI People Living with Dementia
By Dementia Training Australia
- Foundational
- 3 hours
- Online Course
This course aims to assist workers across the health and aged care sectors to become culturally competent in caring for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people living with dementia.
Domains:
Diversity
Location:
nationally
Cost:
fully-subsidised
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) :
3 hours
Learning Outcomes
After completing this course, staff should be able to:
- Explain what we mean by LGBTI.
- Recognise important terms used when talking about LGBTI people.
- Describe the discrimination experienced by LGBTI people.
- Recognise some of the key issues that are still present today for LGBTI people.
- Understand the health and wellbeing challenges faced by older LGBTI people.
- Identify the specific needs and challenges when providing care for older LGBTI people.
- Recognise the impact of dementia on older LGBTI people.
- Identify ways to make organisations inclusive for LGBTI people.
- Be aware of resources that can help organisations to become more LGBTI inclusive.
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