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Diploma of Dementia Care
1 year full-time, up to 3 years part-time 
Online
1 year full-time Online
Study without tuition fees
Domestic students can study Dementia Care fully online with a 100% HECS waiver
Fully supported study
Dedicated student support staff help you achieve your goals.
Flexible Assessments
No exams: assessments include discussion board activities, quizzes, oral presentations and written assignments.
Make a positive difference to people living with dementia
The Diploma is particularly relevant for carers, aged care and community health workers, and anyone with an interest in learning more about dementia. You’ll develop a deep understanding so that you can make a positive difference to the lives of people living with dementia. It’s suitable for those with or without formal qualifications and includes digital literacy and skill-building activities. There are also no exams, with assessments including discussion board activities, quizzes, oral presentations and written assignments.
Study without tuition fees
For domestic students commencing study in 2024, we are pleased to offer the Diploma of Dementia Care with 100% HECS waiver.
The 100% HECS waiver will be honoured through to graduation of the Diploma of Dementia Care, meaning you can complete the entire Diploma without tuition fees.
Further details are available on the course page.
We are pleased to offer New Zealand students discounted tuition fees for the Diploma of Dementia Care. The cost of each unit will be AUD625 - this means you can complete the full Diploma for AUD5000.
Find out more about what you'll study, entry requirements, fees and scholarships - and to apply.
Bachelor of Dementia Care
3 years full-time, up to 7 years part-time Online
3 years full-time Online
Make a real difference
Gain the specialist knowledge to improve the lives of people living with dementia and their families
Unique in Australia
Study the only undergraduate degree in dementia care within Australia
Flexible assessments
No exams: assessments include discussion board activities, quizzes, oral presentations and written assignments.
Gain in-depth dementia care knowledge and skills
This is Australia’s first Bachelor degree specifically focused on dementia. With an ageing population and increased numbers of people living with dementia, it’s becoming essential that those working in health and aged care develop specialised knowledge.
You will gain advanced problem-solving skills, along with an understanding of the importance of evidence-based practice, preparing you for a range of career paths in the aged care and health sector.
In addition to a range of core studies to help you understand the causes and effects of dementia, build knowledge and skills in treatment and care, and understand it's impact on society, you can choose to study an optional major in Ageing Studies and Services, covering contemporary and emerging issues relating to attitudes, care and services for ageing populations.
Study options in this degree
During your studies, you’ll choose an area that interests you, and then study a group of units related to that area. That group of units is called a major, and is an area of focus in your degree. Find out more at What is a Major?
Our optional study option provides a holistic understanding of ageing and older people. This major is suitable for anyone who is working with older people, and who seeks to advocate for them as well as support older people in maintaining and achieving quality of life. As such, the knowledge developed through ageing studies and services is vital for those working with older people across a variety of sectors, including the social and community sectors as well as aged care services.
Your studies will cover social and biological aspects of ageing and older age; age-related discrimination; public health understandings; mental health and wellbeing; and administrative processes related to policy and aged care.
Globally the population is ageing. It is vital that our social services and infrastructures are re-imagined and redesigned to support this change.
Further study options
We offer a suite of postgraduate courses in Dementia that are designed to further develop your skills and knowledge. Many of our graduates return to further study after a period of applying their undergraduate skills in the workplace, when they are ready to progress their career to the next level.
Our postgraduate courses provide a global perspective on the impact of dementia on individuals and societies. They are aimed at graduates and professionals currently working within, or building their expertise in, a field related to dementia. Visit the postgraduate page here.
Find out more about what you'll study, entry requirements, fees and scholarships - and to apply.
Diploma of Ageing Studies and Services
1 year full-time, up to 3 years part-time Online
1 year full-time Online
Make a real difference
Addressing the need for holistic knowledge of the ageing process.
Unique in Australia
The only undergraduate diploma within Australia focusing on ageing studies and services, with the added flexibility of being fully online.
Diversity of content
Learn about the complexities of an ageing population, the aged care system and the needs and wants of older adults.
Learn about the social and health changes associated with ageing
This eight-unit course addresses the need for holistic knowledge of the ageing process. You’ll explore the social and biological aspects of ageing, age-related discrimination and prejudice, public health understandings, and administrative processes related to policy and aged care.
It is suitable for those wanting to or who are working with older adults in aged care, health care or related sectors, such as community-based roles and services.
Areas of focus include the idea of 'care navigation', policy, safety and health promotion, the rising impact of dementia, and the social and health-based perspectives of ageing.
Find out more about what you'll study, entry requirements, fees and scholarships - and to apply.
Career opportunities
Over 400,000 Australians are currently living with dementia, and by 2050 it is estimated this number will be over 800,000*. The impact on communities, families, governments, and health professionals is already significant, and only increasing as these numbers grow.
You can force a rewarding career within the community and care fields, in both the public and private sectors. This includes a range of roles that will be critical in delivering enhanced capacity to a sector that is facing an enormous challenge. Recent graduates have been employed as consultants in dementia care, general management, policy advisors and dementia education and training roles in the aged care sector.
If you start with one of our Diplomas, you may also transition into further study in undergraduate health programs, including the Bachelor of Dementia Care. If you have a background in healthcare, community service or allied health, these courses will broaden your knowledge and scope of practice.
*Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2022) Dementia in Australia, AIHW, Australian Government, 20 January 2023.
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Aged and Disabled Carers
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24.7%
Aged and Disabled Carers
Projected increase by 2025*
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Residential Care Services
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Our Dementia Care stories
View more storiesJayne's story
"The degree has helped me understand that there's an enormous amount that we can do, every day, to help support people living with dementia to live well. Not just in an aged care setting, it's in a broader social impact as a society, as a community, as organisations."
- Jayne Maclean, Bachelor of Dementia Care graduate
Cherie's story
"As I started, the best thing was every single topic that we covered, I could take to work and implement things straight away, and make change…… I could see immediate change in my workplace."
- Cherie Ho, Diploma of Dementia Care Graduate
