This 10-week e-learning course is for care partners of people with dementia enrolled in the “SHAPE study”.
Your family member or friend is attending a 10-week group training and support programme together with other people with a diagnosis of dementia. This group is facilitated by trained professionals and those attending should expect to learn about problem-solving, symptom management, healthy lifestyle and how to adapt to and manage living with dementia.
We felt that it is important for you, as part of their support network, to have the chance to see the information that they will receive in the group. This is to aid your own learning and also provide you with the opportunity to discuss the topics at home together.
Considering the person with dementia will have the opportunity to discuss the different topics with peers and trained professionals, we have incorporated additional information and support for you as a family member, in the e-learning.
We encourage you to discuss the course content together. This can help to start conversations regarding difficult topics and begin the process of planning for the future. Most importantly it allows you and others the chance to get to know the person with dementia, and hear about their needs and desires.
Being able to talk openly about the disease process and future challenges in the early stage of the disease can be empowering for everyone involved.
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