D-Esc
By Dementia Australia
- Foundational
- 3 hours
- Face-to-face/Immersive
D-Esc is a Dementia Australia workshop that provides virtual reality (VR) training for a behavioural emergency, designed for participants working in health care, caring for people living with dementia.Key benefits:
- Reduce incidents of stress for people living with dementia, carers and families.
- Increase the confidence and personal safety of aged care workers.
- Promote staff retention through reduced high-risk scenarios.
- Enhance the personalised care, safety and quality of life for people living with dementia.
Domains:
Behaviour
Location:
nationally
Cost:
fully-subsidised
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) :
3 hours
Learning Outcomes
By participating in this workshop, staff will be able to:
- Recognise emotional and physical signs of escalation
- Understand how increased stress impacts a person with dementia
- Apply person-centred de-escalation skills
- Better contribute to debriefing to determine potential cause of behaviours
- Reduce the risk of harm for both the person with dementia and staff.
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