Training and Education

The dementia awareness and care training sessions are for health and social care services and organisations in Sheffield. Each session is free and lasts for 45 minutes via MS Teams. 

You can book now for the next 2 sessions using the Eventbrite links below:

• 20 May 2021, 30pm - 1.15pm: Living Well (incl. Long Term Care management)
• 17 June 2021, 30pm - 1.15pm: Dementia Friendly health and social care services

Sessions are being recorded and you can watch the first 4 sessions (Coping with dementia during the pandemic; Managing dementia crisis; and End of Life Care) here

The first recording has now been watched by over 300 people working locally with people with dementia. Please note - the link should not be shared on forums available to the public, as we don’t have the necessary permissions.

• Here are just a few examples of participants’ feedback:
  • “Very informative and well presented with inputs from a good range of professionals”
  • “Really useful”
  • “Everything covered, processes well explained”

Privacy and Sharing
Please note that this is a ‘closed’ (non-searchable) playlist and that you are very welcome to share the link with colleagues, but do not post on social media etc as we only have permission to show the videos to staff as a training resource (due to the recordings included on the sessions with carers and people living with dementia).

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Enrichment for the Elderly and Age UK Sheffield are working collaboratively to transform the support of people living with dementia by home care providers.  Home care Enrichment for the Elderly dementia stars will look to embed dementia understanding and inspire home care workers across Sheffield to support people living with dementia and their supporters better.  Working with front-line home care workers and home care providers across the city we have tailored dementia stars to weave people's real life experiences throughout the training and give care workers the tools they need.  Giving staff an opportunity to explore real life examples shared by people living with dementia currently.  The training is interactive and experiential, coupled with the fantastic online toolkit created and accessed at Age UK Sheffield will embed the dementia understanding further. 

The toolkit will be accessible at any time, embedding learning and creating a resource that is up to date and useful for care workers to re-assess,develop and refresh knowledge to ultimately improve the experiences of those with dementia accessing homecare.  As part of the online toolkit care workers will be able to access peer support and work collaboratively to support people living with dementia, sharing best practice and experiences.  We are working with home care providers across the city to pilot both the dementia stars training and online toolkit by September 2021.

If this is something you'd be interested in learning more about, please don't hesitate to contact us at Dementia Advice Sheffiled and quote "Dementia Home Care Transformation Project"