This interactive workshop is suitable for all members of primary and social care teams along with public health and the wider council workforce.
Course Overview
This session will cover why dementia is a growing issue, steps that can be taken to reduce dementia risk and improve early detection.
Course Content
- The importance of dementia and reducing its inequalities
- Who is more at risk of developing dementia
- Different types of dementia
- Modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors and reducing dementia risk
- Signs and symptoms to encourage early diagnosis
- What is a Dementia Friend (Alzheimer’s Society initiative)
Learning Outcomes
- To understand the burden of dementia and recognise the different types
- To be aware of the lesser recognised risk factors for dementia, being female, ethnicity, lower education, and sight & hearing loss
- To appreciate how blood pressure, diabetes, obesity, and high cholesterol impact on the risk of dementia
- To be familiar of risk reduction for dementia through lifestyle changes
- To become a Dementia Friend
Course Length
Course time: 9.30am-3.30pm
CPD: 6 hours