Professional Development Hours: 4.0 hrs

Welcome to this learning package about supporting people with dementia to live well.

The modules in this education package are designed to provide information and resources to assist in the assessment and management of people living with dementia using a person-centered approach, so that all staff will encourage people with dementia to live well and maintain wellness for longer.

This learning package contains the following modules:

• What is dementia
• A person-centred approach to dementia
• Nutrition
• Falls
• Pain
• Additional resources

Learning Aims

• To be aware of how to support a person living with dementia in any setting
• To understand the importance of integrated, collaborative care in partnership with people living with dementia and their families / whanāu / carers
• To enable staff to provide person-centred care in relation to working with people living with dementia.

Please note that its expected if you are a registered health professional you will complete the goodfellow unit dementia package.