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Dementia Awareness and Management in Primary Care – Virtual

Target Audience:

This session is suitable for Nurse Practitioners, Practice Nurses, Assistant Practitioners and Health Care Assistants.

Course Aim:

This course aims to provide delegates with the information required to facilitate an effective dementia review. It also aims to help improve early diagnosis and quality support for people diagnosed with dementia and their carers.

Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the course delegates will:

  • Understand the key differences between different types of dementia
  • Have an awareness of the importance of healthy lifestyle as part of disease management
  • Understand some of the differences between mild cognitive problems and dementia
  • Have information about Stockport’s dementia pathway from early diagnosis until end of life care
  • Be able to discuss the importance of personalised care
  • Be able to signpost to support available in the community for a person with dementia and their carer/s
  • Understand how to make their own general practice more dementia friendly
  • Know who is the Link Nurse for their practice and what they do
  • Understand how dementia relates to depression and delirium
  • Have a good understanding of how to facilitate an effective dementia review

Course Duration: 2 Hours

Trainer:

Carol Rushton, Clinical Lead and Colleagues from the Memory Advice Service, Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust

Cost:

This course is free of charge for all those who work in Stockport General Practices.

Date/Time/Venue:

To be confirmed. Please email gmicb-sto.learningdevelopment@nhs.net and we will add you to the wait list.

This session will be carried out via a video conferencing platform called Microsoft Teams, delegates will need a computer or smart phone to join, where possible they are encouraged to use a web camera to fully participate. All joining details will be available before the session.

Booking Information: 

Bookings for this course should be made via the Virtual College LMS: https://nhsgmstockport.vc-enable.co.uk/. Enquires can be made via gmicb-sto.learningdevelopment@nhs.net or 07393 798115.