Dementia Care in a Domiciliary Setting

This course is delivered over two days and is designed for people working with Older People who have Dementia in a domiciliary setting. The course provides a basic understanding of what Dementia is, how it presents symptomatically and how care responds to this.

The course is designed to provide candidates with a relationship view of Dementia care based on the work of Tom Kitwood who adopts a Person Centred approach to care.

The competencies are linked to the NVQ

Learning objectives:

By the end of the course learners should be able to understand:

• The different forms of Dementia such as Alzheimer’s and Vascular Dementia
• How these present symptomatically
• A holistic perspective of the issues facing service users with an early diagnosis in a domiciliary setting
• The role of domiciliary care within the wider context of community services
• The basic principles of Validation and Reality Orientation
• The strategies to manage risk effectively within the home environment
• How to deliver support in an empowering manner with activities of daily living that are considerate of the service user’s cognitive state
• The need to work with families in a supportive and empathic manner
• What measures need to be taken where a service user’s condition changes
• How to manage potential and actual conflict with service users more effectively
• The main principles of Person Centred Care:
        -empowerment
        -choice
        -human rights
• Practical solutions to communication difficulties
• How to approach working with challenging behaviour
• How care plans can be delivered effectively
• The management of wondering
• Supporting the service user with memory loss, confusion and disorientation

Training methods:

• Tutor presentations
• Chalk and Talk
• OHP/PowerPoint
• Handouts
• Wordshower method
• Group work
• Pairs and Triad work


CP227/5.9