Leading Care in Dementia and Frailty

The course will equip you with the knowledge and skills to manage the complexity of caring for people whose needs often span organisational boundaries and a continuum of care from diagnosis to end of life.

The course will focus on ensuring people are at the centre of their care and decision making, along with their families and carers as appropriate.

Who is it for?

This course is for any health or social care professional with previous level 6 study.

Timetable

Term 3

Exact dates are yet to be published.

Benefits

This course will equip you with the knowledge and skills to manage the complexity of caring for older people, people living with dementia and people living with frailty.

This is a 15-credit course that can be taken as part of an MSc programme or as a standalone CPD course.

By the end of the course you will:

• Gain an understanding of the complex care needs of older people, people living with dementia and people living with frailty
• Be able to critically evaluate the evidence base for best practice in managing the care of people with complex needs
• Be able to critically evaluate your role in leading/managing supportive care for people with complex needs

Content outline

• the evidence base for advanced aspects of care in Dementia and Frailty
• communicating and connecting with people with complex needs
• carer and family engagement
• comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
• shared decision making
• balancing risk and safety
• promoting self-management and engaging technology
• staying connected – social networks, care networks
• managing transitions in care
• service development.

Classroom-based activities will include lectures from experts in the field, case-study discussions and journal club activities, where you will be supported to relate your learning to your area of practice. Sharing experiences from practice and peer to peer learning will also be encouraged.

Self-directed study will be vital to your success on the course and will be used to help you prepare for and consolidate learning from the classroom based activities.

Assessment

You will be assessed on a 3000 word critical discussion of the evidence for an aspect of supportive care (e.g. comprehensive geriatric assessment, involvement in shared decision-making, carer support.)

This course is worth 15 credits at Level 7.

Credits

This course is worth 15 credits toward eligible programmes.

English requirements

If your first language is not English, one of the following is required:

• A first degree from a UK university
• A first degree from an overseas institution recognised by City, University of London as providing adequate evidence of proficiency in the English language, for example, from institutions from Australia, Canada or the United States of America.
• International English Language Test Service (IELTS) a score of 7.0 is required with no subtest below 7.0
• Pearson Test of English (Academic) score 72 required
• TOEFL 100 overall with 24 in Writing, 20 in Listening, 19 Reading and 20 Speaking
• Other evidence of proficiency in the English language, which satisfies the board of studies concerned, including registration with your professional regulator.

• British Geriatrics Society (2014) Frailty resources
• Brown Wilson C (2013) Caring for Older People: A shared approach London Sage
• Downs M, Bowers B (2014) Excellence in Dementia Care Research into practice 2^nd Ed. Maidenhead Open University Press
• Nicholson C, Morrow E, Hicks A, Fitzpatrick J (2017) Supportive care for older people with frailty in hospital: An integrative review. International Journal of Nursing Studies 66 pp 60-71
• Rahman S (2015) Living Better with Dementia Good practice and innovation for the future London Jessica Kingsley