The Culture Change in Dementia Care training course is designed for directors, managers, nurses and senior care workers working with people living with dementia who wish to positively change dementia care for now and future generations.
The course moves beyond understanding person-centered care to ensure you are equipped with the skills, knowledge and ability to be person-centered where “Feelings Matter Most®” – what’s called “The Butterfly Approach”.
The theoretical concepts of person-centered care are embedded into aged care practice internationally and the term was originally popularised by 1940’s American psychologist Carl Rogers. In the 1980’s Professor Tom Kitwood from the University of Bradford further embodied person-centered principles into approaches which are commonly utilised globally today in improving lives for people living with Dementia.
The challenge arises with staff moving from understanding and ‘doing’ person-centered care to actually ‘being’ person-centered. Dementia Care Matters facilitates this through our extensive emotional intelligence training. Described as an emotional journey, this course will take you on an emotional and practical trajectory that will show you what the very best in dementia care looks, sounds and feels like and what it takes to achieve this.
Dementia Care Matters is an international award-winning world leader in dementia support and culture change. Founded by Dr. David Sheard in the United Kingdom in 1995, the Dementia Care Matters philosophy now operates in over 150 world leading care homes, hospitals and home care services throughout the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia and the United States of America. Learn on this course how to create your own version.
Key Outcomes
• The course includes copies of “Being – An Approach to Life and Dementia” and “Growing – Training that Works in Dementia Care” by Dr. David Sheard.
• Flexible practice-based learning
• Inspiration, drive and skills to enable culture change in dementia care
• Understanding the complex and challenging issues within the field of dementia care
Modules
1. Commencing the journey
2. The freedom to be ourselves
3. The real meaning of us all of person-centered care
4. Appraising your own services care culture and social psychology
5. Leadership matters in person-centered care
6. Being together with dementia – relationship-centered care
7. Feeling based communication skills – Focusing on Feelings
8. Improving well-being and the importance of occupation
9. People living with dementia and “behaviours”
10. Later stage dementia care – Evaluating care and ensuring people living with dementia remain central to the service
11. Sexuality, intimacy and relationships
12. The homecoming – Developing a continuous learning work plan
Upon completion participants will receive certificates of completion and or recognition. Participants who complete assessments will receive recognition from the University of Surrey which is transferable to other academic institutions.
Duration: 12 full days. This course will be offered in three four-day blocks. Course will be run as follows:
Block One | April 23-26 | Led by Dr. David Sheard, Founder of Dementia Care Matters and Peter Priednieks, Co-Founder of Dementia Care Matters, and with a DCM Canada Team member
Block Two | July 16-19 | Led by Sally Knocker, Senior Consultant Trainer, Dementia Care Matters UK and Ireland, and with a DCM Canada Team Member
Block Three | September 26-27 and September 30-October 1 | Led by Darren Felgate, Senior Associate Consultant, Dementia Care Matters UK and Ireland, and with a DCM Canada Team member
Venue: The Carey Centre, University of British Columbia, 5920 Iona Dr, Vancouver, BC V6T 1J6
Cost: $1,600 per person + GST
- Sign up by January 31, 2019 to register 2 people for the price of one.
- Sign up by February 28, 2019 to register 3 people for the price of 2.
- Registration after March 2019 is full price.
To register, please fill and return the booking and payment form to https://bccare.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/medcare-img22.jpg@dementiacarematters.com.
