Brief description
The programme is designed specifically for acute hospital settings. It aims to raise awareness and understanding of dementia and enabling (and disabling) hospital environments. The programme includesdifferent approaches to supporting the person with dementia in the acute hospital setting including person centred communication, supported decision-making and early identification and management of delirium. It includes dementia/delirium pathways and care bundles to support a person with their dementia journey in acute care.
Duration
4 to 5 hours
Mode of delivery
Group Face to Face
Cost
Free
Target Audience
This programme is relevant and beneficial to any healthcare worker in the acute hospital setting.
Areas available
Kerry
Centre of Nursing and Midwifery Education (CNME), Kerry
Mary McNamara, Specialist Coordinator
KCNME
HSE West/Mid-West
Centre of Nursing and Midwifery Education (CNME), West/Mid-West
Sligo/Leitrim/West Cavan
Centre of Nursing and Midwifery Education CNME Sligo/Leitrim/West Cavan
Maura McGettrick
St. James's Hospital, Dublin
Centre of Nursing and Midwifery Education (CNME), St James Hospital, Dublin
Snehal Prabhukeluskar
Regional Education Co-ordinator South Dublin, Kildare & Wicklow
Register Nurse Tutor
Centre for Learning and Development, St James’s Hospital, Dublin 8.
Email: SPrabhukeluskar@STJAMES.IE
Carlow, Kilkenny, South Tipperary, Waterford and Wexford
Centre of Nursing and Midwifery Education (CNME)
Karen O’Sullivan
Beaumont Hospital, Dublin
Fiona Jacob / Joseph Morris
Mercy University Hospital, Cork
Centre Nursing Education (CNE), Mercy University Hospital, Cork.
Elizabeth Myers, Specialist Coordinator
Midland Regional Hospitals Tullamore and Portlaoise
Psychiatry of Later Life
Joan Mannion
Donegal
Centre of Nursing & Midwifery Education ( CNME)
Philippa McGavigan, CNME, St. Conal's Campus, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal