The distance learning Positive Dementia Care course is the perfect home study course to ensure that you succeed in this exciting field. Our uniquely flexible Positive Dementia Care home learning course has no time limits. You can start your home learning course whenever you like and there are no deadlines to meet, so you can adapt your distance education course to meet your needs, all from the comfort of your own home.
Once you have registered on the distance education Positive Dementia Care course you will be assigned a personal tutor who specialises in their field of study. Your dedicated personal tutor is always on hand to answer any query you may have, no matter how big or small, and you will also have access to a dedicated course advisor who offers guidance and advice.
This programme is designed for people engaged within a nursing/residential care environment and domiciliary workers.
The course aims to explain facts about dementia and show learners how they can combine key ingredients of person-centred care in order to improve the daily life of people with dementia.
The course consists of 10 units geared towards improving the quality of life for people with dementia by helping learners develop empathy, understanding and the skills to respond appropriately to persons with dementia.
Course Syllabus
Realising feelings matter most in dementia care
Some facts about dementia
What is meant by well-being and ill-being, in a person with dementia?
Defining the term disability
Person centred care and how it applies to you
How it would feel to lose your ability to hold a two-way conversation?
Personal care for a person with dementia
What is meant by the need for occupation?
The meaning of difficult behaviour
Identifying the key ingredients of person-centred care
Qualifications
On completion of your course, you will receive two qualifications:
Qualification 1: Positive Dementia Care Certificate
Positive Dementia Care Certificate issued by Stonebridge Associated Colleges, entitling you to use the letters SAC Cert after your name.
Qualification 2: ASET Level 2 Positive Dementia Care Award
This Course leads to an ASET Level 2 Award Certificate for successful learners. That means that it is independantly accredited at a level of learning equivalent to level 2 on the National Qualifications Framework (NFQ) for England, Wales and Northern Ireland (in which case GCSE's are at levels 1 and 2 and A Levels are at level 3).
The Award has been designed by a learning provider to meet specific learners' or employers' requirements and as such is not listed as a qualification on NQF. While the duration, content or assessment may vary from similar national qualifications, in accrediting the programme at level 2, ASET attests that its learning outcomes are at an equivalent level to a level 2 national qualification.
Study Options
This course is currently only available to be studied via the traditional paper-based method.
Fees
Cash Price
Deposit
Installments
No of Payments
£205.00
£85.00
£30.00
4
The total amount payable over the term's period, is
no more than the total cash price of the course. (APR
= 0%). Written quotations are available on request.
At the end of the course you will receive an award issued by Stonebridge Associated College, and also gain full ASET accreditation for the course.
Tutor Support
With this course you will have unlimited access to your own personal tutor who specialises in their field of study. It is your personal tutor's role to ensure that you receive constructive feedback and to deal with any queries you may have. You are more than welcome to telephone, fax or email your personal tutor.
You will also have access to a dedicated and friendly
team of administrators and course advisors who offer
sound and professional guidance and advice when you
need it. This ensures that you will never feel
neglected and that you will always succeed!
Requirements for Entry
There is no experience or previous qualifications required for enrolment on this course. It is available to all students, of all academic backgrounds.
Study Hours
This is only an approximate figure and is dependant upon how much time you can dedicate to your studies and how well you grasp the learning concepts in the course material. Furthermore, at the end of each lesson there is a question paper that needs to be completed and returned to your tutor. You should allow at least 1 - 2 hours of study to complete each question paper.
The approximate amount of time required to complete
the course is: 150 hrs.
Additional Information
Assessment Method
After each lesson there will be a question paper, which needs to be completed and submitted to your personal tutor for marking. This method of continual assessment ensures that your personal tutor can consistently monitor your progress and provide you with assistance throughout the duration of the course.
What's Included
All study materials
Study Guide
Full Tutor and Admin support
The course fee includes the ASET registration and certification fee (valued at up to £30.00).
This course is excluded from all of our "fee reducing plans".
What is ASET
ASET is a recognised National Awarding Body.
This course is accredited by ASET. ASET are a leading National Awarding Body, recognised in the U.K by the Department for Education and Skills (DfEs), Learning Skills Council (LSC) and the Qualifications & Curriculum Authority (QCA). ASET specialise in providing, quality-assuring and certificating vocational learning programmes.
