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Free online courses on understanding dementia
The University of Tasmania’s Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), Understanding Dementia, draws upon the expertise of neuroscientists, clinicians and dementia care professionals in the Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre. You can obtain more information about the course and sign up for it here.
End of Life Pathways
You can find here the response from the Centre for Palliative Care to the demise of the UK End of Life Pathways program: Centre for Palliative Care _ Victorian End-of-Life Care Coordinating Program (VEC)
Carers kit now ready for use
The new and improved Carers Kit is now available! The kit has instructions to help carers by providing simple instructions on how to perform basic tasks safely, including how to use bath and shower stools and how to help people in and out of cars. Available: Carers Kit_Web Individual pages are available for download in the Health care workers/resource page of this website
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