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The unit content comprises of 6 modules delivered over 12 teaching weeks:
• Pathophysiology of neurocognitive disorders and implications for the older person’s physical, mental, cognitive, emotional, cultural and spiritual well-being; healthy ageing and evidence-based approaches to minimise the risk of developing a neurocognitive disorder (delivered weeks 1-2)
• History, contemporary perspectives, and application of principles of person-centred care across acute care, community care, residential aged care, and transitional care settings (delivered weeks 3-4)
• Creating enabling physical and social environments to support older people with dementia, including partnering in care with family caregivers (delivered weeks 5-6)
• Expressive and receptive communication and application of evidence-based communication strategies for older people experiencing cognitive impairment (delivered weeks 8-9)
• Models of care that assist recognition and understanding of responsive behaviours in older people with dementia, and their application in professional practice (delivered weeks 10-11)
• Application of the biopsychosocial model of pain to the assessment and management of pain in older people with cognitive and communicative limitations (delivered weeks 12-13)