The Dementia Care Training Library: Module 6

TIM FORESTER MORGAN is co-founder and Director of the Dementia Training Company, an organisation offering a range of programmes designed to equip people with the skills they need to enable individuals with dementia to live well. He has been responsible for the delivery and management of a wide range of consultation services for care settings requiring guidance on therapeutic environments for people with dementia. He is an NVQ/QCF Assessor and has been a Dementia Care Mapper since 2001. SARAH MOULD is Specialist Practitioner for Dementia at University Hospital Southampton. She qualified as an Occupational Therapist in 1991 and has both clinical and managerial experience in Older People’s Mental Health Services. After rising to Director of Training for a specialist dementia organisation and earning an MSc in Dementia Studies, in 2011 Sarah co-founded the Dementia Training Company where she remained as Tim’s co-Director until 2019.

Introduction
SESSION 1: THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING THE ENVIRONMENT RIGHT
1. Why create a good physical and social environment?; 2. Sensory environments;
3. Changes in sensory perception; 4. Immersive sensory activity
SESSION 2: DAILY LIVING ENVIRONMENTS
5. Environments that promote daily living activity; 6. Lighting; 7. Colour and pattern;
8. Noise levels
SESSION 3: INDOOR SPACES
9. Lounges, living rooms and communal seating areas; 10. Dining and dining rooms;
11. Bedrooms and bed spaces; 12. Kitchens, kitchenettes and food preparation activities;
13. Bathrooms and toilets; 14. Corridors
SESSION 4: OUTDOOR SPACES
15. The importance of getting out; 16. Gardens, terraces and balconies; 17. Evaluation and close
Appendices and Worksheets