Introduction
This unit enables a focus on a range of advanced topics related to national and international best practice in dementia care. The unit is available to students from other courses, subject to meeting any pre-requisites.
The focus is on understanding and addressing the issues faced by people with dementia in seldom-heard groups.
Summary 2020
| Unit name | Advanced Topics in Dementia Care |
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| Unit code | CAD306 |
| Credit points | 12.5 |
| Faculty/School | College of Health and Medicine Wicking Dementia Research & Education Centre |
| Discipline | Wicking Dementia Research & Education Centre |
| Coordinator | Anitra Wilson |
| Level | Advanced |
| Available as student elective? | Yes |
| Breadth Unit? | No |
Availability
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Learning Outcomes
- Explore and analyse reasons for the prevalence of specific types of dementia in seldom-heard groups.
- Identify issues relevant to people from seldom-heard groups who are living with dementia, and their carers
- Examine and reflect on the challenges experienced, and how this can translate into effective care for people with dementia from seldom-heard groups
- Evaluate and apply evidence-based contemporary knowledge to support the needs to people with dementia from seldom-heard groups, and their carers.
Fees
Requisites
Prerequisites
CAD203 and (CAD204 or CAD208)
Teaching
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| Timetable | View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable |
Textbooks
| Required | None |
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