Module Objective: To critically evaluate contemporary approaches to dementia care across the continuum of care.

 

On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:

• Critically discuss the impact of dementia on the individual, the family, on caregivers, and on society.
• Critically evaluate a range of contemporary non-pharmacological approaches to care across the continuum of care.
• Critically evaluate current approaches to pharmacological management of dementia.
• Critically explore a range of approaches to the assessment of the individual's cognition, function, behaviour, and stage of dementia.
• Critically analyse the impact of environmental design features on the person with dementia in a variety of care settings.
• Identify appropriate therapeutic communication strategies for people with dementia in a variety of care settings.
• In the context of international trends in dementia care, critically evaluate current Irish policy in regard to dementia.
• Critically explore a range of approaches to the understanding, assessment and management of behavioural and psychiatric symptoms of dementia.
• Identify a range of evidence-based interventions to support informal dementia caregivers.