Dementia Awareness Training event  ** FREE FOR CARE FORUM WALES MEMBERS (or £35 per delegate for non-members) **

Stephen Ford, CFW’s lead on dementia care, will hold a seminar which is free for CFW members on November 12. Stephen Ford said: “Dementia training is essential for all care workers, nurses and managers working in any setting where they are likely to encounter people with the illness.

“This seminar will provide people with the latest information – and bust a few myths too,” he added.

The half-day event will take place at Penpergwn House, near Abergavenny from 9.30am-1.30pm.

Dementia awareness training topics

TOPICS TO INCLUDE:

• Types and prevelance of dementia, plus progression of the dementia process
• What helps (and what doesn’t) to make a different to service users’ lives and their families’ lives
• Mythbusting: We will explore some commonly-held beliefs about dementia using roleplay and develop safe care interventions

When and where

November 12, 2015 from 9.30am-1.30pm

PENPERGWM HOUSE, PENPERGWN HOUSE, Nr.ABERGAVENNY, MONMOUTHSHIRE NP7 9AE

How to book

CONTACT: Janet Roberts at Care Forum Wales – Tel: 01978 755400 or email janet@careforumwales.co.uk
Places limited to two delegates per home / agency on a first-come, first-served basis.

PLESAE BOOK EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT. OPEN TO NON-CFW MEMBERS = £35 PER DELEGATE