Transforming Dementia Care: Evidence-Based Skills, Practice, and Leadership

  • One-day Interactive Online Training

This advanced, interactive online training empowers health and social care professionals to deliver high-quality, person-centred dementia care with greater competence, confidence, and reflective insight.

Participants learn to turn evidence-based cognitive and psychosocial theories into practical strategies they can apply in real-world settings.

Through expert-led teaching, interactive discussions, and hands-on learning, the programme not only enhances outcomes for people living with dementia and their carers but also strengthens professional leadership and practice development.

Individual Cognitive Stimulation Therapy intervention significantly improves the caregiving relationship.

  • This is designed for health and social care professionals working with people living with dementia, including nurses, care workers, allied health professionals, and those supporting family carers. It is most suitable for participants with prior knowledge or experience in dementia care.

  • This programme focuses on equipping professionals with the knowledge, skills, and leadership to deliver high-quality, person-centred dementia care across all stages of the condition.. Grounded in established theories and international research, the training bridges practical skills, clinical reasoning, and leadership development, preparing professionals to make a meaningful impact in social care, voluntary, private, and international settings.

  • The programme is delivered as a live, interactive online training day, combining:

    • Expert-led teaching

    • Case examples and real-world scenarios

    • Group discussion and Q&A

    • Reflective and applied learning activities

    This interactive format supports active engagement and learning transfer.

  • The training is delivered by Dr. Phuong Leung, senior dementia researcher and educator, with a PhD in Psychiatry and specialist expertise in cognitive and psychosocial interventions,

  • Yes. Participants receive a certificate of completion, supporting CPD requirements and professional development portfolios.

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    • Deliver person-centred dementia care with dignity

    • Apply non-drug strategies for neuropsychiatric symptoms

    • Communicate effectively across all dementia stages

    • Strengthen carer resilience and support

    • Lead reflective practice and service improvement

  • Participants will explore:

    • Tom Kitwood’s Personhood Theory

    • Biopsychosocial Model, Need-driven Behaviour, Environmental Press Theory

    • Communication Accommodation, Validation Therapy, Adaptive Interaction

    • Stress & Coping, Resilience Theory, Social Support Theory

    • Reflective Practitioner Model

  • By the end of the training, participants will be able to:

    • Support social engagement and continued social presence

    • Recognise stressors affecting carers and apply coping and support strategies

    • Identify neuropsychiatric symptoms and understand their impact

    • Use advanced communication techniques to manage distress and behaviours

    • Develop problem-solving strategies for managing NPS in clinical settings

  • Yes. A key component of the programme is understanding caregiving stress, including factors that impact carers’ wellbeing and the mediating role of coping strategies and social support for both professional and family carers.

  • The training is designed to support immediate application. Participants leave with practical strategies, enhanced communication skills, and problem-solving approaches that can be integrated into daily dementia care practice.