{"id":484,"date":"2016-06-09T16:39:42","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T16:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/blog\/?p=484"},"modified":"2017-12-11T16:48:25","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T16:48:25","slug":"dementia-strategies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/blog-proof\/index.php\/dementia-strategies\/","title":{"rendered":"Dementia Strategies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to our latest module &#8220;Dementia Strategies!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dementia causes people to lose skills and abilities they once had.\u00a0 What people are not losing, however, are their feelings and emotions.\u00a0 So let&#8217;s think about how we can make this part of people&#8217;s life enjoyable and stress free.\u00a0 This module is packed full of easy to use and practical strategies that will help you be able to better support people with dementia.<\/p>\n<p>This module features presentations from Diane Kerr and scenario-based excerpts provided by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>On successful completion of this module, you will be able to:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Respond to the reality of the person with dementia with a calm and reassuring approach.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Understand the benefits of and know how to best support the development of the individual&#8217;s life story.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Describe how to most effectively communicate with someone who has dementia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Apply a wide range of practical strategies that will support the environment of a person with dementia.<\/p>\n<p>This new module offers a presentation of practical and easy to apply approaches.\u00a0<strong>Watch the trailer below or\u00a0learn more\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/index.cfm?fuseaction=login.SingleModules#22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Module Trailer: Dementia Strategies by Diana Kerr\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WpLcS5HBhCQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This new module, Dementia Strategies, offers a wide range of practical strategies that will support the environment of the person with dementia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":[],"categories":[92,95],"tags":[72,73,101],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/blog-proof\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484"}],"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=484"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/blog-proof\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":757,"href":"https:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/blog-proof\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484\/revisions\/757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/blog-proof\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/blog-proof\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/blog-proof\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}