Main description:

The Dementia Care Training Library is a unique modular suite of person-centred, dementia-specific content designed to provide everything required for professionals working in relevant care services to deliver authoritative in-house training. Once users have delivered the two core introductory modules contained within the Starter Pack binder, they can expand the resource by adding any or all of twelve further DCTL modules (Modules 3-14), to be published regularly throughout 2022 and 2023. The optional modules are provided as loose-leaf pages to be added to the master binder. All Dementia Care Training Library materials take an Action Learning approach, providing a balance of information and practice-based activities that allow learners to reflect on and apply new knowledge in real time as a staff team, and which ultimately lead to changes in practice in the care environment.

Contents:

Introduction

SESSION 1: THE IMPACT OF CARING FOR A FAMILY MEMBER WITH DEMENTIA
1. Being a carer; 2. Caring for a person with dementia; 3. The impact on family relationships; 4. Sharing the journey but taking different paths

SESSION 2: THE DIVERSITY OF EXPERIENCES OF FAMILY CARERS OF PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA
5. Applying the person-centred approach to carers of people with dementia; 6. Sociocultural differences in the perception of the care giving role; 7. Young carers of people with dementia

SESSION 3: WORKING IN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FAMILY CARERS OF PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA
8. What does working in partnership with family carers mean?; 9. The Triangle of Care; 10. Compassionate communication; 11. Madeline and Robbie's story; 12. Decision making and the best interests of the person with dementia

SESSION 4: SUPPORTING FAMILY CARERS OF PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA TO LIVE WELL
13. Recognition for carers of people with dementia; 14. Assessing their needs; 15. Meeting their needs; 16. Evaluation and close

Appendices and Worksheets
References and Further Reading