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Dementia Course

What will I learn?

Level up your skills in elderly care with our detailed Dementia Course, made for healthcare professionals. Get practical skills to understand the different types of dementia, the symptoms, and how it progresses. Learn about the right food and drinks to give, how to talk to patients properly, and how to put care plans into action. Learn to handle confusion and agitation, check if the care is working, and make environments that are helpful for patients. Improve how you work with other healthcare staff and set goals that you can actually achieve to keep getting better. Sign up now to change the way you do dementia care.

Apoia's Unique Benefits

Online course with lifetime access
Certificate aligned with educational standards
Printable PDF summaries
24/7 online support
Select and organise the chapters you want to study
Customise your course workload
Instant feedback on practical activities
Study anytime, no internet required

Build skills

Enhance your practical skills in the areas listed below

Know the right food: Give dementia patients the best food and drinks for their well-being.

Make care plans: Create and change care strategies that are tailored to each person.

Talk better: Use words and actions to communicate better with patients.

Manage agitation: Use ways to calm patients down and keep a routine to lessen confusion.

Personalise the environment: Design calming spaces that suit each person's needs.

Suggested summary

Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

Before starting, you can change the chapters and the workload.

  • Choose which chapter to start with
  • Add or remove chapters
  • Increase or decrease the course workload

Examples of chapters you can add

You will be able to generate more chapters like the examples below

This is a free course, focused on personal and professional development. It is not equivalent to a technical, undergraduate, or postgraduate course, but it offers practical and relevant knowledge for your professional journey.