Early-stage Dementia Awareness Training for the Arts

A4D Early-Stage Dementia Awareness Training for the Arts

Become one of our 1000+ training alumni and learn how to reach people living with dementia, through the power of the arts!

Diversity and inclusion concession.

Are you from an ethnic minority community, and will be involved in arts activities for people within your community? You may be able to quality for our special incentive programme. Check here.

Aim

Increase skills and confidence, communicating and working creatively with people experiencing the early stages of dementia and their carers. Work towards reaching new audiences and making your practice or organisation more inclusive, increasing impact in the community.

Suitable for

Arts facilitators, artists, learning teams, healthcare professionals, volunteers and postgraduate arts students.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the session participants will be able to:

Demonstrate their understanding of the various types of dementia

How dementia impacts people's abilities and feelings in the early stages

Explain the key communication approaches

Describe the value and impact of arts based approaches

Engage participants and encourage them to develop new creative skills

“It was a fantastic to meet so many like minded people from such varied artistic practices and backgrounds. It was a thoroughly enlightening day”