National 2 Day Programme: Enhancing and Enabling Well-Being for the Person Living with Dementia
Brief description
This programme aims to enhance quality of life for the person living with dementia. This programme will provide participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to enable a person centred approach to supporting the person living with dementia and their family. Topics covered include:
- Challenging beliefs and attitudes to dementia
Dementia and a human rights approach
Person centred communication
Partnership in dementia care
Creating dementia friendly environments
Non-cognitive symptoms
Palliative care and the person living with dementia
- Nutrition and dementia
Duration
2 days
Mode of delivery
Group Face to Face
Cost
Free
Target Audience
All staff working in residential and community care settings that may come into contact with a person living with dementia and their family. There is a bespoke national acute dementia education programme, however, some acute hospitals also deliver the 2 day programme.
Areas Available and Providers Details
St. James's Hospital, Dublin
Snehal Prabhukeluskar
Regional Education Co-ordinator South Dublin, Kildare & Wicklow
Register Nurse Tutor
Centre for Learning and Development, St James’s Hospital, Dublin 8.
Email: SPrabhukeluskar@STJAMES.IE
Carlow, Kilkenny, Waterford, Wexford and South Tipperary
Contact: Centre of Nursing and Midwifery Education (CNME)
Email: KarenT.OSullivan@hse.ie
Kerry
Centre of Nursing and Midwifery Education (CNME)
Sligo
Centre of Nursing and Midwifery Education (CNME)
Sligo, Leitrim, West Cavan
Contact: Moya Comer
Tel: 071 9177747 Mobile: 087 6309677
Donegal
Centre of Nursing & Midwifery Education ( CNME)
CNME, St Conals Campus, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
Philippa McGavigan, Nurse Tutor,
Email: philippa.mcgavigan@hse.ie
Tel: 074 91 25888 EXT 3117
Cork
Centre of Nurse Education (CNE), Mercy University Hospital, Cork
Contact: Elizabeth Myers, Specialist Coordinator
Laois/Offaly
Contact: Joan Mannion
Mayo and Roscommon
Contact: Grainne Glacken, Specialist Co-ordinator, CNME Mayo & Roscommon, St. Mary’s Campus, Westport Road, Castlebar, Co. Mayo
Email: grainne.glacken@hse.ie
Peamount Healthcare in Dublin, Kildare and Wicklow
Peamount Healthcare, Co Dublin
Contact Mary Bell,
Education and Practice Development Manager,
Peamount Healthcare,
Newcastle,
Co. Dublin.
Telephone: 01-6515987
Email: mbell@peamount.ie