Dignity in Dementia Family Carers Courses
As we currently have Community Lottery and Kendal and District Lions Club funding to support our work in Cumbria, our Family Carers course is free to attend for those living in the county. The programme usually runs for an hour a week over 4 weeks via Microsoft Teams, however occasionally we will run in-person courses over 2 weeks.
There is a £40 charge for those living outside of Cumbria.
The course provides effective and easy to use dementia care guidance for family carers that helps them connect more effectively to the person they support, leading to an improved quality of life for both.
It covers:
- What is dementia
- Connecting to the feelings of the person with dementia
- Communicating effectively & building trust
- The importance of comfort, how to detect pain and how dementia can affect vision
- Dealing with challenging behaviour
- Distraction methods
- Meaningful occupation and the perils of boredom
Our next course will be an in-person course and will run on Wednesday 9th April between 1.30 - 3pm, then the following Wednesday 16th April at the same time, at Kendal Care Home, Burton Road, Kendal, LA9 7RG.
To book a place please email info@dignityindementia.org
To register your interest in attending future courses, please complete our ‘Make an enquiry’ form.
Behaviour Support Service
We run a Behaviour Support Service that aims to provide assistance to families whose relative with dementia starts to display behaviours they may struggle to understand and cope with. We will talk to the main carer or another involved family member, to learn as much as possible about the person and their troubling behaviour. We will then suggest strategies, which we hope will make the situation better for both the person with dementia and their family members.
Conversations can take place via the telephone, Facetime or Zoom, or in-person, if this is possible.