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Introduction to Dementia Awareness for Health & Social Care (Apollo)

  • 1 Day | Part Time
  • Suffolk New College (Ipswich)
  • Level 1 | Professional

Course overview

This course aims to help learners and Health & Social Care professionals to develop their skills and knowledge around Dementia, and Dementia care. This unit will help learners understand how to provide basic care for individuals suffering from dementia. They will learn the meaning of the term ‘dementia’ and its signs and symptoms. This is an introduction to Dementia.

This is a 1-day course, 09:30-15:30, face-to-face with an online assessment to be completed remotely. 

Completion of this course comes with an accredited qualification and certificate recognised in industry.

Course content/units

  • Know the most common types of dementia
  • Identify the most common types of dementia
  • Know the signs and symptoms of common types of dementia
  • Describe the ways in which common types of dementia can affect an individual
  • Know about good practice in caring for an individual with dementia
  • Outline the importance of taking a person-centred approach to caring for a person with dementia
  • Give examples of ways in which a carer can support an individual with dementia

Assessment will include components of practicals in our state-of-the-art Health Science campus, as well as an online suite of assessments to which you will have access. 

Course highlights

  • This programme is just one of the exciting and industry-relevant programmes offered as part of Suffolk New College’s Apollo Project.
  • The Apollo Project’s offer aims to train and upskill the workforce, and to provide people with the necessary skills, qualifications, and knowledge to enter a career in Health & Social Care. Please visit our website for the list of further Apollo courses.
  • Courses are delivered by industry professionals with years of experience and service in the Health and Social Care Industry, and have been selected due to employer feedback and skills gaps within the industry, making these skills and qualifications highly sought after.

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