Program Overview

Collaborative and Professional Practice in Dementia Care CPD

Level 7 (postgraduate), 30 Credits

Start dates

• July
• October
• January
• April

Course length

• 15 weeks PartTime

Location

• City campus

Course cost

• Home fee: £1,500

Course aim

This module will enable you to:

• gain a deeper understanding of dementia
• think creatively and identify innovations in care delivery and how these can be adapted
• apply this knowledge to service planning and delivery within your own organisation

Course content

As part of this CPD course, you will study:

• therapeutic approaches and models of dementia care
• assessment, interventions and different stages of the disease trajectory
• palliative and end of life care needs
• family caregivers and informal carers needs and experiences
• evaluation in dementia care

Teaching and learning

You will be expected to attend one half day per week.

Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

• Alternative qualifications considered

In order to be eligible to join this course, you must:

• have current registration as a health and/or social care professional
• be currently employed within a health and social care organisation
• demonstrate experience of Level 6 study or equivalent (demonstrated through prior learning in accordance with LJMU RP(E)L regulations)

Assessment

There are two components to the assessment:

• a short presentation (worth 30% of your final mark) on what you consider to be a research or evaluation priority in dementia care
• an essay (worth 70% of your final mark) where you critically examine the current service provision for people with dementia within your own work context

CPD award

This Continuing Professional Development can be studied within the MSc Advanced Healthcare Practice (Clinical) award framework or as a single CPD.