The Advance Project (Dementia) – Careworker

This course aims to provide an overview of advance care planning and palliative care for people living with dementia. This interactive, practical and self-directed course has been developed for aged and primary care professionals to explain how to use the Advance Project (Dementia) suite of resources with people living with dementia and their families. This eLearning course is specifically designed for careworkers, assistants in nursing and support workers working in residential and community aged care settings. It will help you to learn more about the importance of early discussions about advance care planning and palliative care for people living with dementia, to enable better care. It will also help you to communicate any distress you observe in a person living with advanced dementia.

Please click the 'Enrol' button below to proceed with the registration for this course. 

Equipment
To complete this course, you will need access to the following equipment:​
– A valid email address that is accessible from the computer you will be using to access the course.
– Stable internet with sufficient bandwidth to cope with streaming video-based resources.
– Computer software – PDF Reader, Video Player.
– Google Chrome is the preferred web browser for our Learning Management System.
– Please take time to review the HammondCare aXcelerate Learner Guide – The Advance Project

Communication
The primary method for communication is via email. Once you have submitted the enrolment form you shall receive a confirmation of enrolment message and then an invitation to create an account with our Learning Management System, aXcelerate. Please ensure that you check your email Junk folder for these initial emails.

Duration and Access
This course will take you approximately 2 hours to complete.
You will retain your access to the course, all tools, resources, and support documents from the date of your enrolment until 29 April 2024.

Award
Certificate of Completion for 2 CPD Hours.

Survey
Following your completion of the course, you will be invited via email to complete some evaluation questions. The best way the Advance Project (Dementia) team can evaluate the quality of this training and the impact of The Advance Project (Dementia) resources for your care of people living with dementia is through your valuable feedback. We would appreciate your participation in the evaluation questions to help us improve and refine the program for the future.

Acknowledgment:
This online training course has been developed by HammondCare in collaboration with Changineers for the Advance Project (Dementia). The Advance Project (Dementia) is led by HammondCare and funded by the Australian government. We gratefully acknowledge the input of the Advance Project (Dementia) expert advisory group into the development of the training and resources.