Dementia education and development

The Association for Dementia Studies provides a broad spectrum of development and education opportunities, ranging from accredited online distance learning modules to bespoke courses online or at a venue of your choice, plus short courses about specific topics.  

 

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Our multidisciplinary team can provide teaching to various professional groups with previous clients including care home staff, domiciliary workers, General Practitioners, hospital staff, and many other health and social care professionals. Person-centred care is at the heart of all of our education, which aims to equip attendees with the necessary knowledge and skills, and empower them to use their personal leadership to affect changes to how they live and work.

We work from a position of evidence-based practice, bringing the latest and most up-to date evidence from international research and best practice into all our courses.

You can hear from a selection of students across our courses in this short video - Link to video

To discuss your training and education requirements please contact us at dementia@worc.ac.uk

We offer education, training and development for individuals, organisations and teams, as follows: 

Accredited Distance Learning Courses

We offer three ways to study with us via distance learning, where you can enhance your ability to influence positive change in dementia.

  1. Postgraduate Certificate in Person-Centred Dementia Studies

  2. Postgraduate Award in Professional Development: Expert Practice in Delivering Person-Centred Care

  3. Study individual Modules

All are via University of Worcester accredited distance learning. For more information about out distance learning options, please visit our dedicated page.

Dementia education courses and development opportunities for you, your organisation and team

We have a track record in providing consistently high-quality education, training and CPD opportunities ranging from one day masterclasses and workshops to longer courses that can be delivered online or at a location that is convenient to your employees. For further information please click here or contact us at dementia@worc.ac.uk to discuss your training and education requirements. 

You may also want to consider funding your team members to study on our accredited distance learning courses which can be studied fully online. 

We also offer online short courses focusing on specific topics:

  • Championing Physical Activity for People Affected by Dementia, for people in care and/or leisure settings looking to help people affected by dementia remain active. A flyer is available, and this short video may also be of interest.

  • Namaste Care, a multi-sensory approach to support people with advanced dementia and at end of life. A flyer is available with more information.

  • Meeting Centres training, a free course for people looking to set up a Meeting Centre in their local community.

Free resources to support your education

One of the fundamental principles of ADS is to build evidence-based practical ways of working with other organisations, people living with dementia and their families that enables them to live well. One way we do this is through the production of free materials that you can use with staff within your own organisation.