Introduction to Living with Dementia | Dementia Awareness

In this session, we will describe what dementia is, how common it is and what it is like to live with its common symptoms, both for the person and their family. We will describe the signs that can be mistaken for dementia and what we can do to reduce our risk of getting dementia. We will describe how we can help people affected by dementia to live as well as possible.

This session addresses learning outcomes in subject 1 of the Dementia Training Standards Framework [1](read details regarding the reference) and is designed to support the Dementia Action Alliance Dementia Statements [2](read details regarding the reference).

Learning Objectives

By the end of this session you will be able to:

• Describe the number of people living with different types of dementia in the UK and how we can lessen the risk of developing dementia 
• Explain what it is like to live with the common symptoms of dementia for the person and their family; and conditions that can be mistaken for dementia
• Describe the many ways we can enable people to live as well as possible with dementia

In this session, we will describe what dementia is and how common it is, and what it is like to live with the symptoms of dementia, both for the person and their family. We will consider the many ways that we can enable people affected by dementia to live as well as possible.

This session has been mapped to the Dementia Training Standards Framework [1] and is designed to support the Dementia Action Alliance Dementia Statements [2]