Dementia Care QLS Level 3

This Dementia Care QLS Level 3 course is ideal for anyone looking to learn more about dementia and how they can care for someone with the condition. Whether you want to learn for professional or personal reasons, this course can help. During this course, you'll learn more about the signs, forms, and causes of dementia, as well as how to communicate effectively with someone with dementia, how to manage their daily care and behaviours, and how to provide palliative care for dementia patients.

Course Content

Unit 1 What is dementia?

• The history of dementia
• Warning signs of dementia
• Three stages of dementia
• Different forms of dementia
• The causes of dementia

Unit 2 The physiological causes of dementia

• Regions of the brain
• The nervous system
• Protein plaque and tangles

Unit 3 A care workers role

• Care settings
• Patient-centred care
• Bad practice and abuse
• What help does a carer give?
• Reality orientation (RO) and routine tasks

Unit 4 Communication principles

• Communication
• Verbal communication
• Non-verbal communication
• Back to basics
• Withdrawal

Unit 5 Managing daily care

• Daily care tasks
• Managing behaviours

Unit 6 End of life care

• What is end of life or palliative care?
• How is palliative care administered?
• Causes of death in dementia patients
• Protocols and guidelines
• Dealing with grief and anticipatory grief