Dementia Care Course

ASET Dementia Care Diploma Double Award

An ASET dementia care course for people intending to work with the elderly. This qualification is a dual award qualification.

    The course structure:

  • Realising feelings matter most in dementia care
  • Some facts about dementia
  • What is meant by well-being and ill-being, in a person with dementia?
  • Defining the term disability
  • Person centred care and how it applies to you
  • How it would feel to lose your ability to hold a two-way conversation?
  • Personal care for a person with dementia
  • What is meant by the need for occupation?
  • The meaning of difficult behaviour
  • Identifying the key ingredients of person-centred care

A home study course in ASET Positive Dementia Care takes approximately 150 hours and does not have a time limit or constraint for completion.

Related Links:

openstudycollege positive dementia course

ASET Home study and Learning Qualification

Direct.gov information on Adult Qualifications

Department of Health Information about ASET home study qualifications