If you work with people living with dementia, our dementia training is must-have professional development.
What you will learn:
Our dementia training course will give you the awareness, knowledge and skills you need to gain an understanding of dementia. This includes:
- all aspects of dementia
- the impact on people’s lives
- statistics
- the different types of dementia
And most importantly, learn how to appropriately support people who are living with dementia.
There are currently around 850,000 people with dementia in the UK. This is projected to rise to 1.6 million by 2040. 225,000 will develop dementia this year, that’s one every three minutes. 1 in 6 people over the age of 80 have dementia.
Source: The Alzheimer’s Society
It is possible to live well with dementia when you have a better understanding of how to provide person-centred, meaningful support.