Laser Lessons - Lesson

DEM312-1

Watch this short video in which a healthcare provider discusses the issues that are encountered when communicating with people with dementia, and which also offers advice and strategies for enabling effective and important communication. Watch the video and make notes. Is there anything that you can relate to your setting? What can you learn from watching the video?

Table of Contents

Tutorial Video
Reading Materials

‘Types of dementia’ from the Alzheimer’s Society.
‘Communicating’, an article by the Alzheimer’s Society
'Dementia – communication’ an article by the Better Health Channel.
'Understanding dementia’, an article by The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE).

Presentation
Good Practice Example
Interactive Quiz
Evidence Opportunities
Extended Learning

Click the icon to access this resource which was produced by Alzheimer’s Europe. Use the tabs at the top of the article to navigate through the sections on different forms of communication: ‘verbal’, ‘non-verbal’ and ‘Reading – Writing – Pictures’.
Click the icon to access this helpful article produced by Bupa. As well as discussing strategies for communicating with dementia sufferers this article offers advice to carers on methods of communicating and how it can help to cope with stress and improve relationships.

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