Course Overview

This course will teach the learner how to practise good, effective communication when caring for someone living with dementia, including verbal and non-verbal communication. It also will teach the learner to recognise when someone is communicating a need and how to fulfil these needs while maintaining dignity in care.

Learning Outcomes

This course is designed to make sure you:

• ensure the people you care for have their needs met and their dignity maintained
• recognise when a person living with dementia is communicating an unmet need, and
• help meet the needs and requirements of the people you care for.

Target Audience

This course is designed for care workers providing care to a person living with dementia.