The social and economic impact of Dementia in Singapore and throughout the world is increasing year-on-year with our aging population. Dementia and its accompanying woes cost Singapore $1.4 billion every year, making it among the biggest drains on the healthcare system here.
This alarming figure, uncovered for the first time by local and international researchers, underscores the need to prevent the debilitating disease from taking hold in greying Singapore. (Straits Times, May 2, 2016) Therefore, there are increasing research and employment opportunities for dementia care.
This course will enhance your employability within the broad field of dementia care, enabling you to move to more specialised and promoted posts within health and social care settings.
Also, this course encourages collaborative, interdisciplinary, critical, and reflective learning and seeks to produce leaders of change in the field.
For professionals already working in the field and carers/volunteers who are supporting people with dementia care, this innovative course has developed to provide you with an in-depth, research-based knowledge of Dementia and approaches to dementia care.
It will impart the transferable skills that enable you to give your expertise to colleagues and other students, transfer awareness, implement action in the community, and provide training to family members and carers.
This course will enhance your employability within the broad field of dementia care, enabling you to move to more specialised and promoted posts within health and social care settings.
For professionals already working in the field and carers/volunteers who are supporting people with dementia care, this innovative course has developed to provide you with an in-depth, research-based knowledge of Dementia and approaches to dementia care.
It will impart the transferable skills that enable you to give your expertise to colleagues and other students, transfer awareness, implement action in the community, and provide training to family members and carers.
Course Module & Synopsis:
Dementia and the environment (A)
Topics for discussion in the module include ageing and the environment, the importance of place in person-centred care, architecture and design, home and housing, interior and exterior design and the role of outdoor space in supporting people living with Dementia.
Critical and creative approaches to Dementia (B)
Provides a foundation for the course as a whole and has a focus on two interlocking themes. By exploring different critical perspectives on Dementia and their underlying theoretical context.
Various ways in understanding Dementia and approached in fields such as medicine, psychology and the social sciences and examine the implications for dementia care policy and practice.
Critical and reflecting thinking in dementia studies (C)
Introduce students to critical and reflective thinking in dementia studies. To develop skills in essential reading and writing and enhance their ability to synthesise, reference and cite literature adequately.
Living with Dementia (D)
Students will look at the experiences of people with Dementia, their carers and families, through the lifespan of the condition from diagnosis to end of life care and death. Focuses on the lived experiences of people with Dementia and draws on the increasing amount of research literature that engages directly with people with Dementia and their carers.
Enhancing dementia practice (E)
The module aims to contextualise current practice and to unpack the underlying theories and mechanisms that support good practise in dementia care.
A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, preferably in a relevant subject.
Applicants should work in a related field or have a personal experience of caring for people with Dementia.
For students whose first language is not English, a minimum IELTS score of 6.0 and above or equivalent is required.
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