New training courses launched at DSDC
DSDC has a global reputation for its excellence in training, best practice advice, and consultancy. Over the past few months, DSDC developed three new training courses. The aim is to shape the practice, knowledge, and confidence of participants. This will help us in our continued mission to improve and sustain the quality-of-life for people living with dementia and their wider support networks.
Receive a 10% discount if you book all three. Email us on dementia@stir.ac.uk to book directly and receive your discount.
Dementia: Risk, Concerns and Safeguarding Individuals
This one-day course highlights the importance of Adult Support and Protection Legislation within the context of dementia care. Whether you are a professional, caregiver, or volunteer, we all have the duty to safeguard people living with dementia.
This course will feature best practice information when supporting a person living with dementia who requires additional safeguarding considerations.
Dementia: Supporting Unmet Need
As human begins we all have needs. Some of these are unique and require a person to ‘think outside the box’. This course will allow participants to know and better understand a person living with dementia and their physical and psychological needs. Often within practice, because psychological needs might not be ‘seen’, this can mean a person’s quality-of-life can reduce. Looking at specific case studies, group workshops, and best practice examples, this course will enable you to consider a person’s need when planning, developing, and implementing support.
Meaningful Connection & Engagement in Dementia Care
Our need for connection starts at the very beginning of our lives and remains with us to the end. We need to feel connected to those around us, our environments, and other aspects of our daily living. When we feel engaged our quality-of-life increases, and we feel a sense of purpose and belonging.
We know that when some people embark on their journey with dementia, they can feel disconnection and, at times, find it difficult to engage. For individuals with more advanced dementia, the need for meaningful intervention increases and it requires those around them to provide this in a person-centred way.
This one-day learning opportunity will help you better understand what makes intervention meaningful and how you can implement this in your daily practice. Through exploration of scenarios and physical workshops, we will fully examine how we can maintain connection with those in our care.