Critical review to identify best practice in working with someone affected by Dementia (addressing all LO's)

Formative Assessment / feedback:
Students will explore the learning outcomes and their responses during tutorials and review of draft work

1. Assessment - is it dementia?
2. Diagnosis - "To tell or not to tell"
3. Person centred care
4. Relationship centred concepts
5. Your action plans for service improvement
6. Medication issues and management
7. End of life care
8. National and local policies and best practice

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: (8 hours)
5 hours workshops
3 hours Learning sets

Guided Independent Study: (142 hours)
100 hours Locating, retrieving, reading relevant materials
42 hours Preparing assignment

Library
CDROM
Internet
Laptop/projector
Blackboard

Brooker, D. (2007) Person - centred dementia care, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, London
Kitwood, T.M. (1997) Dementia Reconsidered: the person comes first. Buckingham, Open University Press
Nolan, M, Lundh, U, Grant, G and Keady, J (2003) Partnerships in family care: understanding the caregiving career, Maidenhead, Open University Press
Downs, M., and Bowers, B. (2008) Excellence in Dementia Care, Research into Practice. Maidstone, Open University Press

Practicing Health Care Professionals

1. Critically analyse the key aspects of dementia and disease progression
(Analysis, Knowledge and Understanding)

2. Critically reflect on the legal and ethical dilemma surrounding the process of diagnosis with a service user and their relatives (Analysis, Reflection)

3. Critically analyse person centred and relationship centred approaches
(Analysis, Knowledge and Understanding)

4. Discuss how a range of factors influence the development and practice in the treatment of dementia care (Application, Knowledge and Understanding)