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DEM210-2
Table of Contents
Click on the icon to the left to open an activity sheet containing tasks for you to read and complete. If you have any questions you should contact your tutor / assessor who will be able to offer guidance.
Table of Contents
Tutorial Video
Reading Materials
‘Communication Tips when Interacting with People with Dementia’ from Alzbrain.org’s Dementia Education and Training Program
‘Communication and Dementia: Using 'Talking Mats' to Help People with Dementia Express Themselves’ published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
‘Having a conversation with someone with dementia’ published by Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)
'The person behind the dementia’ from the SCIE
Presentation
Good Practice Example
Interactive Quiz
Evidence Opportunities
Extended Learning
Click on the link below to read an article that further explains power of body language from HelpGuide.org ‘Nonverbal Communication: Improving Your Nonverbal Skills and Reading Body Language’. How can you apply this new knowledge to your own body language in you setting?
This resource, from the Alzheimer’s Society, looks at how to make a life history book with an individual, and how they be important to a person living with dementia.
‘Listen, talk, connect’ is a document produced by Care UK as a guide for carers, friends and families to help with communication with people living with dementia.
Extended Learning
Think And Challenge