Tailored specifically for those working in care settings, the course offers advanced insights into the unique needs and experiences of younger people with dementia, and provides practical tools to enhance care and improve outcomes.
In connection with Dementia Forward, this course draws on over a decade of specialist experience supporting individuals with young onset dementia. It features real-life examples and scenarios, exploring both success stories and the challenges that can arise in care, offering an experience-led learning approach.
Participants will gain an understanding of the prevalence of young onset dementia (approximately 7.5% of all dementia cases), the types of dementia more commonly diagnosed in younger people, how symptoms may present, and the specific challenges faced by younger people and how to support people facing these situations. Participants will also learn strategies to help people live well with young onset dementia and explore how to design and deliver effective care services tailored to this group.
The Young Onset Dementia in Care course highlights why the needs of younger people with dementia differ significantly from those of older adults and explores how approaches to care must be adapted to reflect these differences.
What you'll learn.
- What young onset dementia is.
- The national landscape for young onset dementia.
- The Dementia Forward model of support.
- Understanding why young onset is different.
- The most common types of dementia that develop at an early age.
- Ways that people with young onset can be supported to live well.
- The specific challenges of supporting people with young onset in a care setting.
- How environment, language, family relationships and the support of external agencies are vital for effective care.
Who is Young Onset Dementia in Care for?
Our Young Onset Dementia in Care course is for anyone who works within a dementia care setting. The course outlines the importance of age-appropriate care and support and would be helpful to all staff, at all levels.
What are the learning outcomes?
By the end of the course, you will be able to…
- Describe why young onset dementia is different.
- Explain the prevalence of young onset dementia and the national landscape of care and support.
- Identify the most common types of dementia that are diagnosed in younger people.
- Recognise the specific challenges faced by people with young onset dementia and those who support them.
- Explain why care for people with young onset dementia must be different.
- Have a good understanding of the importance of age-appropriate person-centred care.
- State why factors such as environment, language, cultural differences, and family relationships can have an impact on an individual’s care.
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