Dementia Care Level 3 is is designed to help those seeking to learn more as well as those seeking a career in dementia care.

You will learn the skills required to provide person-centred care that looks after the health, safety and welfare of individuals with dementia.

Support is provided for up to 12 months but it is entirely up to you how quickly you work through the course. The estimated study time is 80 hours so if you average around 5 hours a week study you would complete in 4-5 months.

The Dementia Care Level 3 course can be studied online or via a paper version. The paper version is delivered hard copy in folders. This is yours to keep so you can write on it, make notes etc. The online version is a fully digitised version of the paper course and can be studied on any PC or smart device when connected to the internet.

Support is provided throughout the course via a tutor who can be emailed at any time should you come across anything you are unsure of. There is also a support team by telephone.

Dementia Care Level 3 is split into six units. At the end of each unit you will complete an assignment which you will email to your tutor. An assignment is a set of questions based upon the unit you have just studied. Your tutor will mark your work and give you feedback. If there are any areas for improvements or anything that you have misunderstood you will always have the opportunity to re-submit.

The good news is there are no exams! Once you have completed all the assignments you complete the course.

Unit 1: What is Dementia?

• The history of dementia
• Warning signs of dementia
• Three stages of dementia
• Different forms of dementia
• The causes of dementia

Unit 2: The Physiological Causes of Dementia

• Regions of the brain
• The nervous system
• Protein plaque and tangles

Unit 3: A Care Workers Role

• Care Settings
• Patient-centred care
• Bad practice and abuse
• What help does a carer give?
• Reality orientation (RO) and routine tasks

Unit 4: Communication Principles

• Communication
• Verbal Communication
• Non-verbal communication
• Back to basics
• Withdrawal

Unit 5: Managing Daily Care

• Daily care tasks
• Managing behaviours

Unit 6: End of Life Care

• What is end of life or palliative care?
• How is palliative care administered?
• Causes of death in dementia patients
• Protocols and guidelines
• Dealing with grief and anticipatory grief

At the end of this course successful learners will receive a Certificate of Achievement from ABC Awards and Certa Awards and a Learner Unit Summary (which lists the components the learner has completed as part of the course).

The course has been endorsed under the ABC Awards and Certa Awards Quality Licence Scheme. This means that Open Study College has undergone an external quality check to ensure that the organisation and the courses it offers, meet defined quality criteria. The completion of this course alone does not lead to a regulated qualification* but may be used as evidence of knowledge and skills gained. The Learner Unit Summary may be used as evidence towards Recognition of Prior Learning if you wish to progress your studies in this subject. To this end the learning outcomes of the course have been benchmarked at Level 3 against level descriptors published by Ofqual, to indicate the depth of study and level of demand/complexity involved in successful completion by the learner.

The course itself has been designed by Open Study College to meet specific learners’ and/or employers’ requirements which cannot be satisfied through current regulated qualifications. ABC Awards & Certa Awards endorsement involves robust and rigorous quality audits by external auditors to ensure quality is continually met. A review of courses is carried out as part of the endorsement process.

ABC Awards and Certa Awards have long-established reputations for providing high quality vocational qualifications across a wide range of industries. ABC Awards and Certa Awards combine over 180 years of expertise combined with a responsive, flexible and innovative approach to the needs of our customers.

Renowned for excellent customer service, and quality standards, ABC Awards and Certa Awards also offer regulated qualifications for all ages and abilities post-14; all are developed with the support of relevant stakeholders to ensure that they meet the needs and standards of employers across the UK.