Specialist-Trained Assistant Nurse: Dementia Care.

Description of the programme's content and goals After completing the programme, the student should have knowledge of/in 1. Dementia diseases and their consequences for the individual and relatives 2. Different dementia diseases and how these affect care and nursing 3. Basic dementia assessment, scales and instruments used in assessment 4. Care work from a salutogenic perspective 5. Different stages of dementia in terms of personality, communication, memory, physical abilities, behaviour and psychological symptoms 6. Welfare technology: digital technology and technical aids for people with dementia 7. Medicines and their effects on the person with dementia 8. The need for nutrition and diet. The meal as a holistic experience 9. Treatment and individual needs plan 10. The social, psychological and somatic changes that natural ageing entails 11. National guidelines for dementia care 12. Quality work and quality registers 13. Documentation according to statutes and procedures 14. Understanding of and respect for cultural differences and how these can affect care 15. Communication and approach 16. Conversation methodology and supervision methodology 17. Ethics and morals, laws, ordinances After completing the programme, the student should have the skills to 1. Professionally provide good individual nursing care to people with dementia by working in a person-centred way 2. Take part in different forms of treatment and use different methods in work with people with dementia 3. Meet and communicate with people with dementia, both verbally and non-verbally. 4. Communicate digital technology and technical solutions within the field of study in at least one other language 5. Function as a supervisor and team leader, have the ability to cooperate and collaborate with others, and plan, carry out and follow up the care of people with dementia 6. Support and motivate the person with dementia, in an educational way, to take part in activities based on their own wishes, and collaborate with relatives for good nursing care and see and meet their need for advice and support. 7. Systematically drive quality and development work in dementia care 8. Use relevant computer systems 9. Document according to current procedures After completing the programme, the student should have the competence to 1. Work as a specialist assistant nurse in dementia care from a salutogenic perspective, based on the core values that apply to the care of people with dementia. 2. Work in a knowledge-based and evidence-based way in the care of the care recipient 3. Act as a resource person for colleagues, the person with dementia and relatives. 4. Systematically document, among other things, interventions, changes and results, and use existing documentation in nursing work. 5. Supervise the work group in daily nursing work 6. Seek new knowledge concerning ageing, the diseases of older people and the care of older people