Dementia Awareness (71131) – LearnOnline

Learning Outcomes

The learning outcomes for this course are:

• What dementia is
• What is meant by the term ‘dementia’;
• The key functions of the brain that are affected by dementia;
• Why depression, delirium and age-related memory impairment may be mistaken for dementia.
• Key features of the theoretical models of dementia
• The medical model of dementia;
• The social model of dementia;
• Why dementia should be viewed as a disability.
• The most common types of dementia and their causes
• The most common causes of dementia;
• The likely signs and symptoms of the most common causes of dementia;
• The risk factors for the most common causes of dementia;
• Prevalence rates for different types of dementia.
• Factors relating to an individual’s experience of dementia
• How different individuals may experience living with dementia depending on age, type of dementia, and level of ability and disability;
• The impact that the attitudes and behaviours of others may have on an individual with dementia.

This Dementia Awareness course has been mapped to the learning outcomes for QCF unit: DEM201.