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T08 University Certificate in Dementia Care

INTRODUCTION

The University Certificate in Dementia Care is a course that is ideally suited to health care workers who need to provide care or support for people with dementia and their carers. The course is relevant to acute care, long term residential aged care, and community care settings. Units are also available on an individual basis.

 

This course is designed to facilitate students' learning in areas relevant to the practical management of dementia. The key areas addressed are the knowledge and skills required to provide high quality dementia care.

 

All course units are available online (part-time or full-time study). Students require access to a computer and modem for use of online resources. An on campus option is available when there is sufficient demand. It is expected that the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Postgraduate Medicine will be located at the Joondalup campus from Semester 1, 2008; at present, it is located at the Churchlands campus.
 
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

The course is aimed at carers with Certificate IV in Aged Care Work and at least two years of relevant experience and at Enrolled Nurses. Registered Nurses may also find the course to be of value and other prospective students may be eligible for entry, at the discretion of the course coordinator, after assessment of prior education and experience.
 
COURSE LOCATION
This course is available on Joondalup Campus.
 
MODE OF STUDY
This course is available by Full-time, or Part-time mode.
 
MODE OF DELIVERY
This course is available in the following modes of delivery - On-campus, and Online.

This course will be offered online with information about accessing materials provided in hard copy at the beginning of semester. Units will run on campus when there is sufficient demand. External students require access to a computer and modem capable of accessing online resources.
 
COURSE STRUCTURE

There are three units in this course. Students who are progressing at the rate of one unit per semester are advised to take them in the order in which they are displayed. However, a student may choose to enrol in two or three units during the same semester, subject to the agreement of the course coordinator. Additionally, students may take single units in a different order to that recommended, subject to the approval of the course coordinator.
 
ACD1101 Defining Dementia 20 
ACD1102 Managing Challenges in Dementia Care 20 
ACD1103 Achieving Excellence in Dementia Care 20 
 
ACD1101 Defining Dementia will facilitate students' learning about the causes of dementia, the dementia "journey", and the philosophical underpinnings of dementia care. ACD1102 Managing Challenges in Dementia Care will equip students with knowledge and skills to allow them to successfully meet the challenges of dementia care. ACD1103 will incorporate the identification of appropriate goals for dementia care and the evaluation of progress towards meeting these goals.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes, Graduate Attributes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Student Equity, Diversity and Disability Service website:
http://intranet.ecu.edu.au/student/support/student-equity

Last Updated - Higher Education: 30/09/2006 VET: 30/09/2006