This online course is designed for first responders to gain a better understanding of dementia including common symptoms and how dementia affects the brain and behaviour.
Dementia Training Australia
Improving the health and wellbeing of people living with dementia
and the staff who support them.
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Tailored Training Programs
for Organisations
Create your own training schedule, specifically designed to meet your organisation’s needs. We provide flexible training across Australia in a variety of lengths and formats.
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Discover our most popular courses below or browse all courses.
Increase your knowledge of caring for a person experiencing dementia-related changed behaviour and explore how people with dementia may express their needs through behaviour, rather than word.
Learn how to look, listen and investigate pain in people living with dementia who are unable to verbalise their discomfort or pain.
Develop your knowledge about specific types of dementia and potential underlying changes in the brain.
Explore why environments matter and how you can help support transformation of the places you work to better support people living with dementia.
Maximising benefit and minimising harm. Learn how you can support the deprescribing process in older people living with dementia.
Australian Journal of Dementia Care
Published quarterly, the subscription-based journal is for all professional staff working with people with dementia across Australia.
Learn moreWork with DTA
Looking for a rewarding career that makes a difference to Australians living with dementia? Explore our current opportunities across a wide range of specialties.
Learn moreDementia Training Australia is supported by funding from the Australian Government under the Dementia Training Program
