Teaching and Training 

This 6 hour training course covers the basics of implementing positive behaviour support for older adults with dementia and is designed for carers working in long term care settings such as care homes and nursing homes. 

We have delivered this course a number of times to carers as part of a county-wide funded training programme, but can be delivered to individual care services and can be delivered remotely for 3-10 attendees per session. No experience of behavioural approaches necessary as we start at the very beginning. 

This course covers: 

• Understanding behaviour from a behavioural perspective.
• Understanding how dementia affects behaviour.
• How to assess behaviour that challenges.
• Understanding why behaviour occurs and analysing assessments of behaviour.
• How to create behaviour change based on function of behaviour. 

Please note: This course is not designed to be a substitute for high quality behavioural support, and we cannot provide clinical support for individual clients during this training. If you want support with the behaviour of a specific client or clients, please contact us about a bespoke behavioural assessment and intervention package by clicking here. 

This workshop is a 3 hour introductory course to managing behaviour that challenges shown by adults with dementia. In the workshop, we:

• Explore the reasons why these behaviours may arise
• Discuss the social model of disability and unmet needs of adults with dementia
• Train attendees in how to pinpoint behaviour that challenges so that meaningful data can be collected
• Teach attendees how to collect accurate and useful ABC data
• Teach attendees how to analyse and interpret ABC data
• Teach attendees how to generate a practical person-centred behaviour plan for managing the behaviour. 

This course is suitable for all carers of older adults, particularly those with dementia.  

The course meets requirements for the "interpretation of behaviour" section within the "wellbeing theme: meaningful relationships" of the Good Work Dementia Learning and Development Framework for Wales.

Please note: This course is not designed to be a substitute for high quality behavioural support, and we cannot provide clinical support for individual clients during this training. If you want support with the behaviour of a specific client or clients, please contact us about a bespoke behavioural assessment and intervention package by clicking here. 

This workshop provides an assessment of the physical layout of the care facility and provides evidence-based recommendations for change that can be made to layout and environment that may improve engagement, communication and reduce wandering and other behaviours such as entering dangerous areas or refusing to walk over certain surfaces.

This session explores how caregivers can provide an increase in quality of life through proactively creating an environment that increases engagement. Attendees will be taught how to deliver the ‘check-in’ procedure, an evidence-based intervention for increasing engagement and how to promote social interactions between their care recipients

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This package explores positive caregiver habits that can be developed to increase and maintain independence in older adults (either to maintain skills or prevent needing more intensive and invasive care) and reduce over-reliance on the care provider. The purpose and provision of choice will also be discussed in relation to quality of life and dignity in care. Attendees will be taught how to provide effective prompts and how to fade these successfully, and how to build meaningful choice into daily care routines. 

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This package explores common problems in eating that older adults with and without additional diagnoses may encounter, the value of mealtimes in culture, and the ways in which staff can support clients to eat independently and successfully. Staff will be taught how to increase the provision of choice with practical strategies, learn how and when to refer to a specialist, and how to arrange mealtimes to increase food intake and social engagement. 

Please note that it is important to consult with a relevant professional first (e.g., GP, SLT) if you are having issues with feeding for a particular client. In this session we can teach general strategies to be used but cannot provide individual client recommendations. 

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Personal care can be a difficult experience for both the care provider and the care receiver and is a common trigger for challenging behaviour in older adults accessing support. This training session will focus on practical strategies for how older adults can be respectfully and compassionately supported with essential personal care tasks such as washing, dressing, foot care, continence, and oral care routines.

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This package will explore the importance of interaction between a client and their care provider, and discuss how to provide respectful, engaging and age-appropriate communication and care. Attendees on this course will learn the problems with elderspeak and practice alternative ways to speak to older adults, particularly those on palliative care or with advanced dementia who may have limited verbal communication skills. Strategies for dealing with challenging verbal behaviour such as bizarre speech, outbursts and delusions will also be provided. 

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This training session will focus on the methods that can be utilised to support someone with cognitive decline or dementia whilst living in their own home. Self-management strategies will be introduced and practiced and tools for supporting a loved one to remain independent will be taught.

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