{"id":396,"date":"2015-12-09T22:11:45","date_gmt":"2015-12-09T22:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/blog\/?p=396"},"modified":"2017-12-06T18:54:44","modified_gmt":"2017-12-06T18:54:44","slug":"dementia-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/blog-proof\/index.php\/dementia-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Dementia Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Module Trailer: Dementia Explained by Diana Kerr\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MRejGMqJls4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">We are really excited to let you know that we have collaborated with leading dementia and intellectual disabilities expert Diana Kerr to produce &#8220;Dementia Explained.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>1 in 3 people with Down syndrome and 1 in 10 people with intellectual disabilities over the age of 50 have dementia.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>This module is a great opportunity to make sure your staff can:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u00a0Explain what dementia means and describe the different types of dementia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u00a0Understand how dementia affects people with intellectual disabilities.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u00a0Describe the changes in the brain that a person with dementia experiences.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u00a0Understand how changes in the brain impact the reality for people with dementia.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">&#8211; \u00a0Identify the early signs of dementia and explain the importance of diagnosis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">&#8211; \u00a0Identify the early signs of dementia and explain the importance of diagnosis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">For more information visit our learning modules page <a href=\"http:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/index.cfm?fuseaction=login.newlearningmodules\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Dementia Explained&#8221; is an informative and thorough module led by dementia and intellectual disability expert, Diana Kerr.  This module will give staff a great deal of knowledge on the many aspects of dementia and how it affects the people we support.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[57,83,84,29],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/blog-proof\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/blog-proof\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/blog-proof\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/blog-proof\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/blog-proof\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=396"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/blog-proof\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":769,"href":"https:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/blog-proof\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396\/revisions\/769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/blog-proof\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/blog-proof\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/blog-proof\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}