Dementia: Person-Centred Care Skills

Aim

To discuss person-centred care (PCC) approaches in dementia care-settings. You will consider potential benefits for clients, relatives, “significant others,” staff and your organisation. You will identify opportunities for including PCC principles in your day-to-day care practice.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

• Review your current attitudes, skills and knowledge about dementia.
• Compare and contrast task-centred and person-centred care.
• Explain person centred care principles, philosophy and concepts (e.g. well-being, ill-being; occupation and enablement).
• Use Well-being and Ill-being profiles and review care planning.
• Distinguish between personal enhancers and personal detractors when working with people with dementia.
• List barriers to giving person-centred care and strategies to overcome them.
• Demonstrate person-centred care skills.

Learner Workbook

You need to download, print and bring this Learner Workbook to the in-person training day.