Specialist Dementia Consultancy,
Coaching & Training
Improving dementia care quality through evidence-based consultancy, leadership support and specialist training.
🎓 Training & Professional Development
We offer specialist dementia training programmes designed to strengthen knowledge, improve care practice, and support professional development across health and social care settings.
Our training is evidence-based, practical, and focused on translating research into real-world improvements in dementia care, communication, and support for people living with dementia and their families.
We also support individual practitioners seeking CPD development, career progression, or a move into dementia care specialism and leadership.
đź’Ľ Dementia Consultancy & Coaching
We work with care homes, NHS teams, social care organisations, and individual professionals seeking career development, continuing professional development (CPD), or a move into dementia care leadership and practice.
Our consultancy and coaching supports both organisations and individuals to improve dementia care knowledge, practice, and service quality.
We support with:
Service improvement and care quality reviews
Staff coaching and supervision
Leadership development
Policy development and service framework design
Behavioural and complex care support strategies
Embedding person-centred dementia care
CPD development and career progression for individual practitioners
👉 Outcome: Better care, stronger teams, improved confidence, clearer professional development pathways, and more robust organisational policies and practice frameworks.
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Why Work with Me
Dr Phuong Leung
Specialist Dementia Consultant and Coach with a PhD in Psychiatry, highly experienced in cognitive, psychological, and social approaches to dementia care.
I support NHS services, care organisations, and professionals to translate evidence-based into confident, consistent, and practical dementia care improvements that enhance communication, care quality, and outcomes.
Qualifications
PhD in Psychiatry
FHEA (Fellow of the Higher Education Academy)
🎓 Training & Professional Development
We offer specialist dementia training programmes designed to strengthen knowledge, improve care practice, and support professional development across health and social care settings.
Our training is evidence-based, practical, and focused on translating research into real-world improvements in dementia care, communication, and support for people living with dementia and their families.
We also support individual practitioners seeking CPD development, career progression, or a move into dementia care specialism and leadership.
🧠Individual Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (iCST) Dementia Training
This specialist training focuses on delivering iCST to support cognitive function, communication, and meaningful engagement for people living with dementia.
It is designed for health and social care professionals who want to use structured, evidence-based approaches to engage people with dementia in doing meaningful mentally activities and social interaction.
👉 You will learn how to:
Translate iCST theory and evidence into practice
Apply iCST key principles in sessions
Use iCST techniques to build connection and stimulate cognition
Deliver iCST effectively to people living with dementia
Develop problem solving strategies to integrate iCST into daily care routines
👉 Outcome: Improved engagement, communication, and quality of life for people living with dementia.
🧩 Dementia Psychosocial Care and Behaviour Support in Practice
This CPD programme explores how to understand and respond effectively to behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD/NPS) using psychosocial, communication-based, and person-centred approaches.
It also supports understanding of caregiving stress, coping strategies, and the role of family carers in dementia care.
👉 You will learn how to:
Understand dementia as a social and relational condition
Apply the dementia caregiving stress process model in practice
Understand and respond to neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS)
Use effective communication strategies in challenging situations
Support carers’ coping strategies and engagement in care
👉 Outcome: Improved confidence in managing complex care situations with stronger communication skills, and person-centered care
What people say about our training
“A brilliant training and invaluable resource which I have shared and delivered to many of the patients and their families I care for during the prolonged closure of day care and other support groups.”
— Janine Lane- Specialist Nurse Practitioner for Dementia, District Nurse, Queens Nurse /Your Healthcare Organisation
“I’m happy to share that I’ve obtained a new certification: Individual Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (iCST) from The CPD Certification Service! Wonderful course delivered by Dr Phuong Leung - PhD in Psychiatry, FHEA” Paula Muller, Ph.D., DSA-NC, CDC, CADDCT, CDP (New Jersey USA) https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6995741327535525888
“Having the opportunity to look critically at how we can empower people to live well with dementia and support carer relationships. Also there was a chance to share best practice and learn from both the Dr Leung and other participants' experiences. I really enjoyed it. I really benefit from theory” Bristol Dementia Meeting Centre Manager
iCST Dementia Training
Janine Lane - Specialist Nurse Practitioner for Dementia, District Nurse, Queens Nurse /Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
Shared her experiences of implementing the iCST intervention with people living with dementia in the community during The Caring View – the social care live chat show