Frontline Support for Individuals with Dementia: Enhancing Care and Understanding
25 min! Run Time
Employees
only
of Completion
What you'll learn
Description
This course addresses the concept of dementia, which is not a singular disease but rather a comprehensive term encompassing diverse cognitive impairments. It goes beyond mere memory loss, also impacting reasoning, attention, communication, and visual perception.
What you'll learn:
- Recognizing Symptoms
- Effective Communication
- Structuring Daily Routines
- Nutrition Concerns
- Behavioral Challenges
- Coping Strategies for Caregivers
System Requirements
See System Requirements in the Coggno Knowledge Base
Author
Frontline Support for Individuals with Dementia: Enhancing Care and Understanding
Frequently Asked Questions
No, the course defines it as a comprehensive term covering diverse cognitive impairments, not one singular disease.
Reasoning, attention, communication, and visual perception, all areas dementia can impact beyond memory loss.
Those providing direct, day-to-day support to individuals living with dementia, based on the course's frontline framing.
The idea that dementia is only about memory loss, when it actually spans several distinct cognitive functions.
It refers to the range of ways dementia can affect thinking, from reasoning and attention to communication and perception.