Learn how to notice indicators of who might need help when making decisions and what constitutes Advanced Care Planning for People Living with Dementia.
Dementia Forward is a trusted charity offering support, advice, and information to people living with dementia and their families. With a person-centred approach, they provide practical help, emotional guidance, and inclusive community activities across North Yorkshire. Whether navigating a new diagnosis or seeking ongoing support, Dementia Forward offers hope, understanding, and a community that truly cares.
What is Advanced Care Planning? What barriers do staff face? What legal processes are involved? What right do individuals with dementia have?
Our Advanced Care Planning for People with Dementia course will help you answer the questions above and more.
Through our Advanced Care Planning course, you will gain an understanding of what rights people with dementia have. You will learn how to support people living with dementia to make their own choices. You will learn what confidentiality is and why it is important. You will learn what legal processes support advanced care plans.
What you'll learn.
- What an Advanced Care Plan is.
- Understand how to identify the risks of people living with dementia and what the risks can include.
- Understand how to support an individual living with dementia to help them make their own choices.
- Understand the potential barriers staff may approach when supporting an individual living with dementia.
- Gain an understanding of what person-centred care is.
Who is Advanced Care Planning for People Living with Dementia for?
Our Advanced Care Planning for People Living with Dementia course is for anyone who supports an individual with dementia. Whatever care or non-care sector you work in our Advanced Care Planning course provides attendees with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to offer person centred support.
What are the learning outcomes?
By the end of the course, you will be able to….
- State what an Advanced Care Plan is.
- List the rights people living with dementia have.
- Recognise how to support people living with dementia to make their own choices.
- Be able to describe the potential barriers that may cause issues when supporting people with dementia.
- Demonstrate an empathic understanding of why an individual living with dementia may become frustrated.
- Develop knowledge, skills, and strategies to develop positive environments.
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