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Dementia and Delirium - Birmingham
Date and time
Location
THE PRIORY ROOMS MEETING & CONFERENCE CENTRE
40 BULL STREET BIRMINGHAM B4 6AF United KingdomDescription
Event Information
The day will consist of training provided by Alzeimher's Society.
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9.15am - Registration and refreshments
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9.30am - Welcome. Introductions and housekeeping Learning agreement
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09.45am - Ice breaker activity – ‘Who’s right?’ ‘What‘s happening?’ Awareness of attitudes towards dementia. What’s going on in the brain? How damage to the brain might affect a person’s behavior.
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10.45am - Break
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11.00am - Dementia and the symptoms. What is dementia? Signs and symptoms.
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11.30pm - ‘Who am I?’ Person centered approach verses medical model Flourishing in an acute setting. Memory management. Responding to emotions.
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1pm - Lunch
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1.30pm - ‘A strange new world’. How dementia affects our senses – including content on dementia and sight loss developed in partnership with RNIB. Clinical environment
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2.45pm - Break
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3pm - ‘Connect with me’. Connecting through touch. Effective communication approaches
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4pm - Review of the day and evaluation
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4.30pm - Close
Learning Outcomes
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Understand and recognise how a diagnosis of dementia and delirium assessment, treatment and care impacts on those with the condition, their families and those caring for them.
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Identify the early symptoms of dementia and delirium thus improving their knowledge and skills on how to care for patients with the conditions
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Highlight the ethical implications of dementia and cancer on treatment and care in an oncology setting
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Discuss how person-centred care and using knowledge of the person will improve their well-being
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Highlight how factors such as the environment and communication may impact on a persons behaviour
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Identify the impact of caring on families and the importance of supporting and involving them in discussions around the treatment and care
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Discuss the importance of Advance Care plans and lasting power of attorneys in planning future care and treatment
Further information
Email petctacademy@christie.nhs.uk or call 0161 918 2445