Duration: 3 hours
Fee: £250.00 for the training session (NOT per delegate)

Life History is an essential part of providing a person-centred approach to care planning and maintianing quality of life for the elderly and mentally or physically frail. A Life History project can be rewarding and stimulating for professional carers, families or as a group project.

Duration: 3 hours
Fee: £250.00 for the training session (NOT per delegate)

Designed to support and equip family carers and professionals looking after a person with dementia, this training provides an insight into the ageing process and how to dementia can impact upon it. This understanding is crucial for developing coping strategies and person-centred care planning.

Duration: Two half days (4 hours per half day) or one 8-hour day
Fee: £500.00 for the training session (NOT per delegate)

Drawing on the Alzheimer's Society accredited professional training programme entitled "Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow", this 8-part programme, aimed at family carers and professionals, delivers a detailed overview of dementia. It is intensive and comprehensive and is designed to offer practical suggestions, strategies and solutions.

Duration: Two days (4 hours per day)
Fee: £1000.00 for the training session (NOT per delegate)

Alzheimer accreditation costs an additional £50.00 per delegate, and involves completing an externally-marked exam. This course may be eligible for funding from Skill4Care.

The training provides a professional overview of dementia. The key messages delivered through the training are that care workers should try to see the world from the point of view of the person with dementia, understand how they may feel and what they may want. Through this understanding, care workers can respond more effectively and provide better quality care.

Duration: 3 hours
Fee: £250.00 for the training session (NOT per delegate)

The training focuses on the many and varied ways we can stimulate and improve the lives of elderly people, as well as those with dementia. We explore the benefits, ideas and the potential of 'meaningful' activity while going about doing everyday tasks, and adapting activities to meet the varied needs and abilities of those taking part.

Duration: 3 hours
Fee: £250.00 for the training session (NOT per delegate)

The training looks at the impact of a past trauma on a person with dementia, such as those who went through WWII and holocaust survivors.

It is essential that those attending this course have a good understanding of the ageing process, dementia, life history and reminiscence work. Currently in development and scheduled to be launched in January 2007.