Dementia is the broad term used to describe a number of different conditions affecting the brain. These are the most common types of dementia. This half day, in person, workshop will provide Residential Care staff with the knowledge, understanding and practical skills to care for people with all types of dementia in a positive way that helps them to achieve their full potential by promoting self-esteem, independence, dignity and choice.

During the programme participants will explore:

• Understanding dementia – definition
• The different causes of dementia
• Some facts and statistics about dementia
• Types of dementia – impact, signs and symptoms and care approach
• Alzheimer’s disease
• Vascular dementia
• Frontotemporal dementia
• Lewy Body dementia
• Pick’s disease
• Mixed dementia
• Korsakoff’s disease - alcohol related dementia
• Posterior cortical atrophy
• Huntington’s disease
• Parkinson’s disease
• Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease
• Normal pressure hydrocephalus
• Developing holistic person-centred care planning
• Risk assessment and risk management
• Positive approaches to managing behaviours that challenge
• Developing meaningful activities programme