Dementia Awareness Week 2015

Dementia Awareness Week 2015 starts today!

Life doesn't end when Dementia begins and Alzheimer's Society is encouraging everyone to #DoSomethingNew this week - try out a new activity or hobby, find something you've never done before!

Why not try e-learning! Have a look at our Dementia course here, with a free demo available:

http://www.embrace-learning.co.uk/Website/Pages/Courses/Course_Information.php?course_id=90

This e-learning course has been developed for anyone who is new to, will soon be involved in, or is currently involved in caring for someone with dementia, whether within the family or as a professional, either at home or as part of a team in a residential facility.

Learners will find out about the meaning of the term dementia, its causes and the possible effects the condition may have on people as it progresses. The course also looks at the importance of good communication and interaction between carers and the people they support and identifies strategies for coping with challenging behaviour.

The on-line materials include quizzes and activities to help reinforce learning as students work through the course.

For more information call 0161 928 9987.

An anonymous article by a care team worker on the fourth year of redundancies and the effects on team morale. The pertinent question is raised of why after four years of drip-fed redundancies, there has been no change to management staffing levels? Surely there are far fewer people to manage now.

Management decision making (or the lack of it) is also addressed, raising further questions.

http://www.theguardian.com/social-care-network/social-life-blog/2015/jan/21/redundancies-social-care-job-cuts

An uplifting account written by family support worker Bobby Owen, who offers emotional support and practical advice about sibling care, employment and housing when a child is in hospital.

http://www.theguardian.com/social-care-network/2015/jan/16/social-work-charities-ill-children

Our e-learning courses can be issued by GPs to patients by e-learning prescription. To find out more, please call 0161 928 9987 and visit our online course library: http://goo.gl/wVmnWq

Age UK has spoken out on the dire effects of social care cuts. Between 2010-11 and 2013-14:

- People getting help at home for tasks like washing and dressing, fell by a third to just over 370,000

- Day care places have dropped by two thirds to just under 60,000

- Meals on wheels recipients fell to 29,500, a decline of 64%

The charity have identified the austerity cuts as one of the main causes behind the growing pressures on A&E units. Director Caroline Abrahams added,

"Hundreds of thousands of older people who need social care are being left high and dry. The lucky ones have sufficient funds to buy in some support, or can rely on the goodwill of family, neighbours and friends. But there are many who are being left to struggle on entirely alone."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30902555

Embrace-learning courses for the health and social care sector. E-learning to meet your training needs and your budget! http://goo.gl/wVmnWq

Our e-learning courses can be issued by GPs to patients by e-learning prescription. To find out more, please call 0161 928 9987 and visit our online course library: http://goo.gl/wVmnWq