Disability care workers
Professional development, training and resources for disability care workers.
- What is Dementia?Dementia Learning Hub
- Online
- All states and territories
- 1 hour
- Dementia communities of practice
Connect with like-minded professionals, share knowledge and develop skills to support people living with dementia and drive positive change in your workplace.
- Nutrition and Dementia: Food for ThoughtDementia Learning Hub
- Online
- All states and territories
- 20 minutes
- Communicating in a Person-Centred WayDementia Learning Hub
- Online
- All states and territories
- 1 hour
- Engaging in the OutdoorsDementia Learning Hub
- Online
- All states and territories
- 1 hour
- Dementia Essentials: CHCAGE011 Provide support to people living with dementiaAccredited training, Foundation training, Funded training
- Face-to-face, Online
- All states and territories
- Face-to-face: 3 days. Online: 7 weeks. See below.
- Fully funded: free
- How Person-Centred is Your Practice?Dementia Learning Hub
- Online
- All states and territories
- 1 hour
- Establishing Carer Support GroupsDementia Learning Hub, Families and community
- Online
- All states and territories
- Approx 4.5 hours
- D-Esc
D-Esc provides virtual reality (VR) training for a behavioural emergency, designed for participants working in health care, caring for people living with dementia.
- Enabling EDIE : Virtual Reality Dementia Experience
- Face-to-face
- All states and territories
- 3 hours
- Fees apply
- Applying a Problem-Solving Approach to BehavioursChanged behaviours and management, Foundation training
- Face-to-face, Virtual classroom
- All states and territories, Online
- Online: 2 hours. Face-to-face: 3 hours
- Fees apply
- Achieving Purposeful Engagement
- Face-to-face, Virtual classroom
- All states and territories
- Face-to-face: 3 hours. Virtual classroom: 2 hours.
- Fees apply
- Understanding DementiaFoundation training
- Face-to-face, Virtual classroom
- All states and territories
- Face-to-face: 3 hours.Virtual classroom: 2 hours
- Fees apply
- Dine with Ted: Virtual Reality Dining Experience
- Face-to-face
- All states and territories
- 3 hours
- Fees apply
- Understanding Behaviour Changes Coaching Program
- Face-to-face, Virtual classroom
- All states and territories
- 15 hours over 12–16 weeks
- Fees apply
- Talk with Ted: Dementia Communication Simulation
- Face-to-face, Online
- All states and territories, Online
- Face-to-face workshop: 3 hours. Online simulation: 1 hour.
- Fees apply
- Meaningful Engagement Mentors Coaching Program
- Face-to-face, Virtual classroom
- All states and territories
- 18 hours over 12-16 weeks
- Fees apply
- Intimacy, Sexuality and Dementia
- Face-to-face
- All states and territories
- 3 hours
- Fees apply
- Clinical tools and resources
Dementia guidelines, toolkits, measures and other resources for professionals and care workers.
- Designing dementia-friendly care environments
A well-designed care environment can enable people living with dementia to make the best of everyday life.
- Ask Annie
With short, practical and interactive modules, the Ask Annie app helps care workers fit dementia care skills development into their busy day.
- Intellectual disability and dementia
This workshop helps you identify dementia-related changes in people with an intellectual disability and support your clients through the changing nature of dementia.
- Environmental audits: dementia enabling environments
Our team of consultants can help you create environments that enable people living with dementia to feel supported and engaged and live as independently as possible.
- Demonstrating dementia leadership
Enrol to explore knowledge and skills for leading teams and individuals, by modelling good practice and learning how to influence performance and develop team cohesion.
- Leading quality dementia care
Explore self-leadership to thrive in an organisation, by supporting people living with dementia, in partnership with families and staff.
- 10993NAT Certificate IV in dementia practice
Enhance dementia practice, strengthening your existing staff’s capacity to be dementia practice leaders.
- A problem-solving approach to behaviours
This course helps you understand changed behaviours through a problem-solving approach and explores strategies to help prevent or minimise the impact of behaviour.