{"id":5968,"date":"2024-01-11T20:19:34","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T20:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visiting-angels.co.uk\/southwestkent\/?p=5968"},"modified":"2025-12-10T02:27:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T02:27:10","slug":"dementia-training-at-visiting-angels-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visiting-angels.co.uk\/southwestkent\/dementia-training-at-visiting-angels-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Dementia Training at Visiting Angels\u2019 Office"},"content":{"rendered":"

On January 10, 2024, Visiting Angels facilitated in their office in Eridge Green a free dementia training given by the University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust. They sent Gareth, a fantastic trainer with much hands-on experience as a hospital nurse. Thank you, Gareth!<\/p>\n

A person suffering with dementia with challenging behaviour is only challenging behaviour to us. Patients cannot change their behaviour because they are ill but we can. At Visiting Angels, we provide this type of person-centred care<\/a>. It is part of every client\u2019s care plan.<\/p>\n

A valuable piece of advice is about the \u201cThis is Me<\/a>\u201d form, a form which you be downloaded from the UK Alzheimer\u2019s Society.<\/p>\n

Below an excerpt from the website of the Alzeimer\u2019s Society:<\/p>\n

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\u2018This is me\u2019 is a simple leaflet for anyone receiving professional care who is living with dementia or experiencing delirium or other communication difficulties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A support tool to enable person-centred care<\/h2>\n

\u2018This is me\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>can be used to record details about a person who can\u2019t easily share information about themselves. For example, it can be used to record:<\/p>\n