WORK-BASED LEARNING
Dementia Concepts and Support (Micro-Credential) Level 4
Duration
14 weeks part time
Start Time
6.30pm - 8.00pm
Credits
20
Delivery
Online
Cost
Domestic NZD 100.00, International NZD 450.00
Work-based learning
Living with dementia is tough and New Zealand’s dementia community desperately needs more and better support services. According to Ministry of Health statistics, approximately 70,000 New Zealanders have dementia, or Mate wareware, but that number is expected to increase exponentially to about 170,000 within the next 30 years. As demand in the Healthcare
sector for qualified staff with specialist training in this area continues to grow, there’s no better time to upskill with a course focused on Dementia Concepts and Support.
Programme overview
Through this course, you’ll be given the opportunity to develop communication skills and person-centred support knowledge, as well as strategies and skills required of dementia support workers in a healthcare environment. Students/employees will understand the effects on caregivers providing dementia support and the safe practices required for working with people with dementia.
Course Start Dates
- 21 October 2024
- 3 March 2025
- 9 June 2025
- 15 September 2025
- 23 October 2024
- 5 March 2025
- 11 June 2025
- 17 September 2025
- 13 January 2025
- 21 April 2025
- 28 July 2025
- 3 November 2025
- 15 January 2025
- 23 April 2025
- 30 July 2025
- 5 November 2025
What students study
Students will develop evidence-based models of care and what’s required when working in a collaborative environment as part of a multi-disciplinary team. You will graduate having learnt:
- Dementia safety guidelines & support - Impacts on caregivers
- Brain areas and their functions
- Effective communications for people with dementia
- Psychological - Person-Centred Support - Communication strategies
- Strategies to mitigate impacts on caregivers and people with dementia
- Human brain - anatomy and physiology
Upon graduating, learners will be able to work with a minimum pay of $28.25 an hour according to the New Zealand Government’s pay parity agreement (starting from 1 July 2023).
Learning outcomes
- Describe the changes in people living with dementia and their family/whanau in relation to providing support in a healthcare environment
- Analyse person-centred approaches for supporting a person living with dementia in a healthcare environment
- Evaluate effective communication strategies to support a person living with dementia in a healthcare environment
- Describe the safe practices required for working with people with dementia in a healthcare environmentv
- Describe the effects on the physical, emotional, and mental health of caregivers providing support to people with dementia in a healthcare environment.
- Describe the anatomy and physiology of the human brain
- Explain the physiology of dementia and its effects on a person’s brain, behaviour, attitudes and emotions
- Describe the major types of dementia
- Describe the signs and symptoms of dementia
- Investigate the main causes and complications of dementia
Entry requirements
- There are no compulsory academic entry requirements, however it is recommended that learners enrolling for this micro-credential hold the New Zealand Certificate in Health and Wellbeing (Level 3) qualification or are working in healthcare industry.
- All learners must have English language competence to undertake this programme which is taught and assessed in English. International (onshore) students require a valid visa and insurance to study on the programme.
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