Training on Dementia for Direct Care Workers
Requirements
- Background on care services
This MOOC includes multimedia training contents for direct care workers, based on internationally recognized good practices in dementia care. The design and development of the MOOC contents involved direct care workers, people with dementia and family carers to include their perspective,therefore stimulating direct care workers to reflect on their daily practice and how to best meet their patients’ needs.
You will also be able to put into practice what you have learned during the course by playing a free serious game about caregiving with people with dementia. Check the Bonus Lecture for more info on this.
Please be aware that the course includes some testimonials in other languages. Nevertheless, Closed Caption (subtitles) in English are always available for these lectures.
- Direct care workers
- Introduction06:37
- Cognitive domains affected03:55
- Cognitive domains affected3 questions
- Seven A’s of dementia06:41
- Seven A’s of dementia3 questions
- The five most common cognitive disorders05:01
- The five most common cognitive disorders3 questions
- Testimonial05:02
- Introduction06:08
- Challenging behaviours associated with dementia02:06
- Challenging behaviours associated with dementia3 questions
- Psychosocial management of BPSD02:53
- Psychosocial management of BPSD3 questions
- Principles of care for people with dementia regarding BPSD04:26
- Principles of care for people with dementia regarding BPSD4 questions
- Testimonial04:06
- Introduction04:43
- Communication and understanding behaviour06:04
- Communication and understanding behaviour3 questions
- Socialization04:45
- Socialisation3 questions
- Feeding and Nutrition05:37
- Feeding and Nutrition3 questions
- Activity and participation04:28
- Activity and participation3 questions
- Testimonial02:51
- Introduction06:35
- Cognitive stimulation04:25
- Cognitive stimulation3 questions
- Multisensory stimulation05:06
- Multisensory stimulation3 questions
- Physical activity and exercise03:55
- Physical activity and exercise3 questions
- Testimonial04:35
- Introduction07:15
- Home Accidents Prevention04:35
- Home Accidents Prevention3 questions
- Fire, Safety and Emergency Procedures03:31
- Fire, Safety and Emergency Procedures3 questions
- First-Level Injuries Treatment and Management02:41
- First-Level Injuries Treatment and Management3 questions
- Physical and Pharmacological Restraints06:01
- Physical and Pharmacological Restraints3 questions
- Abuses and Violence03:36
- Abuses and Violence4 questions
- Testimonial03:29
- Introduction05:53
- Services and support04:36
- Services and support3 questions
- Family context02:32
- Family context3 questions
- Social life and respite03:57
- Social Life and Respite3 questions
- Technical support05:38
- Technical support2 questions
- Implementing a technological solution03:09
- Implementing a technological solution1 question
- The collaboration between nurse and caregiver04:23
- The collaboration between nurse and caregiver: managing people with dementia3 questions
- Testimonial04:18
- Introduction05:20
- Time management02:19
- Time management3 questions
- Stress management04:10
- Stress management3 questions
- Communication and developing meaningful relationships02:52
- Communication and Developing Meaningful Relationships3 questions
- Coping strategies and problem solving03:47
- Coping strategies and problem solving3 questions
- Testimonial03:51
- Introduction02:53
- Privacy and legal issues02:29
- Privacy and legal issues2 questions
- Medical and ethical issues04:29
- Medical and ethical issues2 questions
- Professional Relationship between Patients, Families and Caregivers03:32
- Professional Relationship between Patients, Families and Caregivers3 questions
- End of life issues04:32
- End of life issues4 questions
- Testimonial05:37
- iDO Game Information00:02
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Dementia is one of the most prevalent and burdensome diseases in older age. By the year 2030, estimates suggest that there will be 74.7 million people with different forms of dementia worldwide. There is no cure for dementia: drugs only address the symptoms of the disease and non-pharmaceutical interventions are continuously tested and updated to improve patients’ quality of life: from interventions to increase of communication skills, agitation and stress reduction, and use of new technology.
The value of disseminating evidence on these interventions is immeasurable, but surprisingly this knowledge is often not available to care staff.
The iDO project aims at diminishing this existing gap by designing and developing an effective training package in close collaboration with people with dementia and their caregivers in hopes that this will promote the acquisition of skills by direct-care workers. This will be achieved by conducting different interviews with caregivers, patients, but also health professionals and then transforming it into an online massive course. The project will also develop and include a serious-game where people will be able to apply their gained knowledge on the different topics related with dementia.