Dementia Training for Primary Care Health Professionals
Follow the link to increase your dementia knowledge with a range of online courses to name a few below:
Delirium is a serious medical condition producing sudden and often severe changes in a person’s mental function. A person typically has difficulty thinking clearly, maintaining focus or attention, and may appear confused or disorientated. Delirium needs to be recognised early and managed promptly.
Learn how to identify and address the issues related to wandering for people living with dementia in the community, and for their carers.
Appropriate Use of Benzodiazepines and Other Sedatives
This course will explore the role that benzodiazepines and other sedatives play in supporting a person with dementia experiencing a changed behaviour. The course will highlight the risks associated with using benzodiazepines and other sedatives, discuss the situations when benzodiazepines and other sedatives may be helpful in supporting a person with dementia and, discuss the prescribing guidelines and durations of therapy in these circumstances.
Creating Supportive Environments for People Living with Dementia
Explore why environments matter and how you can help support transformation of the places you work to better support people living with dementia.
Reducing Medicines in People Living with Dementia
Maximising benefit and minimising harm. Learn how you can support the deprescribing process in older people living with dementia.
Explore the ways in which community pharmacies can improve their ability to meet the needs of family carers of people living with dementia.
