Dementia Care

Understanding the person with dementia helps to provide person centred care and support. Sometimes people need support to express their memories, thoughts anditeelings. This question set will l help you provide the right support for people with dementia to make a big difference to their quality of life.

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By mastering this set, an aged care worker will confidently:

• intervene with appropriate techniques when early intervention opportunities are recognised.
• implement techniques to deal with the impacts of compassion fatigue when it is recognised. respond with appropriate techniques when behaviours of concern are recognised.

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1. Agitation
2. Delusions
3. Memory Loss
4. Wandering
5. Inappropriate Sexual Behaviour
6. Aggression
7. Compassion Fatigue
8. The Cost of Caring