Working with people living with dementia can be both rewarding and demanding. Time pressures and ever-increasing workloads massively impact on our abilities to connect and communicate with people, especially those living with dementia. The Empowered Conversation team can offer tailored flexible courses to suit your workplace, offering participants a chance to pause, reflect on how they communicate and explore different ways to connect.
‘It made me rethink the way I communicate with some of our residents and people I meet outside of work.’
Janice, Housing and Care 21.
The Empowered Conversations workshops are suitable for:
People providing Dementia Care –
- Dementia Care Managers,
- Dementia Care Givers –
- Domiciliary Care Workers,
- Care Home Staff and
- Primary Care Staff.
People whose jobs may bring them into contact with a person with dementia –
- Emergency Services,
- Housing teams and people working in retail, services and other public facing occupations.
I enjoyed the course and I learnt many things that will help me personally and in my professional career in theatre. It taught me better ways to speak with people without bombarding them with questions which is what we are taught to do when I do the job. I feel happier with my approaches now and that I contribute to my patients feeling happier and calmer while they are with us. – Chloe
