Supporting people with dementia means understanding their world and preserving their dignity. This course (approx. 12 teaching units of 45 minutes each) teaches person-centred, dignified dementia care in 12 modules: from the fundamentals (forms, progression) through understanding the inner world, communication and validation, dealing with challenging behaviour and person-centred care (according to Kitwood) with life-history work, to shaping everyday life and the milieu, specific situations (exit-seeking, delusions), supporting relatives, law/ethics (avoiding freedom-restricting measures, FEM) and self-care. Each module offers learning objectives, a well-founded learning text, an in-depth section, a case study and a transfer-to-practice exercise. At the end: self-reflection, checklists and confirmation of participation.
Course objectives:
- Understand dementia (forms, progression, symptoms)
- Comprehend the inner world and experience of people with dementia
- Communicate respectfully and use validation
- Understand challenging behaviour as an expression of needs
- Provide person-centred care and make use of the person’s life history
- Respect dignity, rights and self-determination (avoid FEM)
Self-study without supervision, assignments or assessment of learning progress by instructors; the voluntary self-reflection is for your own orientation only. Your confirmation of participation becomes available once you have marked all modules as done yourself.
Scope: 12 modules of about 45 minutes each (approx. 12 teaching units of 45 minutes each, about 9 hours).