Challenging Behaviour in Dementia

· Helps employers meet CQC requirements for staff training.
· Meets the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities).
· Meets the outcomes for Skills for Care Common Induction Standards 3 & 7.
· Provides Evidence for Level 2 Diploma in Health and Social Care (QCF) units DEM 205, DEM 207 & HSC 3045.
· Provides Evidence for Level 2 Diploma in Health and Social Care (QCF) units HSC3045 and DEM 310.

What does the Challenging Behaviour in Dementia training cover?

Scope and purpose of the training pack
Defining challenging behaviour
Which behaviours might staff describe as challenges?
Traditional Vs Contemporary approaches to dementia care
Psychological protection theory
Denial
Adaptive paranoia
Confabulation
Withdrawal
Self centeredness
Exploring some typical challenging behaviours
Reality Orientation and challenging behaviour
Validation and expressing needs
Using distraction
Working with aggression
Aggression and the autonomic nervous system
The sympathetic nervous system
The parasympathetic nervous system
Threat signals
Safety signals
Dealing with aggression – verbal and non-verbal skills
Aggression or assertiveness?
Reaching resolution
The ABC of challenging behaviour
Antecedents
Behaviour
Consequences
Staff support and supervision
The challenging behaviour tool shed