Maybe you are caring for a parent, or you support clients in aged care. This course is built for both. You learn what dementia does, why behaviour changes, how to talk so it lands, and what makes a good day.
When it is your mum or your neighbour, the hard part is telling what is the dementia and what is them. This course draws that line. It takes about 10 hours.
If you already work in aged care, this is the part of the job nobody hands you a manual for. Behaviours of concern, talking to people, and planning a good day are each covered head on.
Ten hours is a small way to test whether this work suits you. Try it before you commit to anything longer. If it grips you, that is worth knowing early.
One topic, worked through in four parts, from what dementia is to the shape of a good day.
Here is what stands out in this course.
How dementia can influence a person's behaviour, and how to respond to behaviours of concern. This is the part carers ask about most, and it has its own place in the course.
Strategies for communicating with people living with dementia. Not louder or slower, but the approaches that keep a person with you in the conversation.
Planning and providing meaningful activities. Filling a day is easy. Building one a person is glad to be inside takes knowing them, and knowing the condition.
Course Completion Acknowledgement · Online Courses Australia
Finish and you receive the college's completion acknowledgement, plus a short form credential for this course.
The course is CPD endorsed. Your points appear on your acknowledgement as proof you keep learning.
Issued by Credly when you finish, and yours to share on LinkedIn or straight to your phone.
Send an enquiry and a course advisor gets back to you with the course guide, current pricing and straight answers on whether it fits.
Start anytime with instant access. Choose the interest-free weekly plan with no credit check, pay in four instalments, or pay upfront in one payment.
Work through the video modules on demand. Marking comes back within 1 business day, and you can retake assessments as often as you need.
Complete the course and receive your completion acknowledgement, your CPD points and a Credly digital badge.
None needed. It starts with the nature of dementia and builds from there. It is written for family carers as much as for people working in aged care.
Around 10 study hours, at your own pace. Access is lifetime, so you can come back to it when something new comes up.
The weekly plan is $15 a week, interest-free with no credit check. Enquire for the full payment options, including pay-in-four and upfront.
Yes. The college wrote it for caring for ageing family and friends as well as for clients in aged care. Nothing in it assumes you are on shift.
Short answer and multiple choice, with no timed exams. Retake them as many times as you need, and marking comes back within 1 business day.
It is CPD endorsed, which is accreditation for professional development: you finish with CPD points employers recognise and a Credly digital badge. It is not a nationally recognised qualification. That is a different thing. For supporting someone well, and for a first look at aged care work, it stands on its own.
Yes. There is a 7-day cooling-off period. You can switch to another course or get your money back.
This course is delivered by Online Courses Australia, an online training provider.
Its courses are designed with institutions, employers and industry experts. Lessons run as step by step video modules rather than dense text books, and assessments are built to help you understand rather than to test recall against the clock.
The college is CPD endorsed and issues Credly digital badges with its completion acknowledgements. Support runs through one on one mentoring, tutor help by email and phone on weekdays, and live chat 7 days a week.
Picture the afternoon a visit goes well again, because you knew what to say and what to leave alone.