1. Module 1: The Course Structure CC

    This first lesson of our online training course explains the role of the social care professional. I'll briefly describe the course. We'll define social care, discuss why people select it as a job, and discuss its goals and objectives.
  2. Understanding Your Role in Care CC

    Understanding your role in care involves recognizing your responsibilities and duties within a healthcare setting. It necessitates actively engaging in patient-centered care, adhering to professional standards, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality and compassionate services.
  3. Module 1: legislation CC

    In module one, you will explore some key legislation regarding the handling and sharing of confidential personal information of care users.
  4. Module 2: putting into practice CC

    In module two, you will learn how to put what we have learned throughout the course into practice to ensure full competency in your care role.
  5. Handling information in a care setting CC

    If you desire to hunt a career in a care environment, you must learn to build the people’s trust in your care. One way to achieve this is to make certain that the correct handling of information.
  6. Module 2: The Brain CC

    Let’s have a look at the various parts of the brain. The first part, frontal lobes which are controller damage; can lead to the individual no longer being aware of what actions could be seen by others as unsuitable. Next, the parietal lobes damage to these by dementia will cause the individual to have difficulty with language vision or knowing what's up things are fool. Finally, the temporal lobes damage to this area of the brain causes the individual to have problems with short term memory and eventually the long term memories may also fade away as the damage increases further into the deeper regions of the brain.
  7. Module 1: what is dementia? CC

    Dementia is an umbrella term used to describe a number a different diseases that affect the brain, particularly memory, behaviour, thinking and emotion. It is estimated to affect over 44 million people worldwide.
  8. Module 3: Alzheimer’s disease & Parkinson’s [S1] Disease CC

    Alzheimer’s disease is one of the most common forms of dementia. Other causes include vascular disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, fronto-temporal dementia and korsakoff syndrome.
  9. Module 4: Strategies to use with clients with Dementia CC

    Communication or interaction with a person who has dementia, an increasing challenge as a person gradually loses his/her memory, inability to organize and express his/her thoughts. In case of majority people, loss of memory means that past merge with the present resulting difficulty for family members.
  10. Dementia Awareness CC

    This course has been particularly designed to raise the awareness and skills of care staff who work with people with dementia. This course seeks out to improve the welfare and experience of people with dementia.