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Welcome to Alzheimer’s Society Learning Hub. Here you can explore our online training courses available for purchase.


Our online learning is made up of core and specialist courses that enable professional development pathways for learners.

Alzheimer’s Society Learning hub provides learners with insights required to understand and support people affected by dementia.

You can create pathways suited to your needs with learning that provides real-life context whether you are a carer, a service provider or a friend or neighbour.


Alzheimer’s Society Learning Hub is available for individuals and organisations. If you are interested in this training please fill out the enquiry form below and we will get back to you

Online Learning Course Summaries

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Understanding Dementia
This course is designed to help you learn about dementia, including different forms of the disease and how the brain is affected. We will explore how dementia is diagnosed, risk factors for developing dementia and look at attitudes towards the condition. This course also examines how the symptoms of dementia can affect day- to-day life and looks at the impact the condition has on an individual and people around them.
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Responding to distressed behaviours
This interactive course will help you to understand the link between our brain and behaviours and some of the behaviours that you may see in people with dementia. Furthermore, you will learn how to identify the underlying causes of distressed behaviours and how to respond to these with empathy and respect.
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Creating dementia-friendly environment
This interactive course will help you to understand how the symptoms of dementia affect the way a person experiences the environment around them. You will learn how dementia affects visuospatial skills, such as depth-perception and judging distances, orientation and the senses, including sight and hearing loss. You will also explore practical changes you can make to create dementia-friendly spaces.
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Understanding the early stages of dementia
This course is designed to help you understand what it is like to live with dementia in the early stages. We will explore the symptoms that a person may experience in the early stages of their dementia, look at the effect these can have on how a person with dementia behaves and communicates and the impact this can have on day-to-day life
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Engaging with people in the early stages of dementia
This interactive course will help you to understand how dementia can affect a person's communication skills and engagement with social interactions and activities. We will explore communication techniques that will help you to meaningfully interact with people affected by dementia and ways to provide person-centred care and support. We will also learn how to help people in the early stages of dementia to remain active and independent and how to enable them to continue to enjoy activities and hobbies for as long as possible
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Understanding the later stages of dementia
COMING SOON! This course is designed to help you understand what it is like to live with dementia in the later stages. We will explore the symptoms that a person may experience in the later stages of their dementia, look at the effect these can have on how a person with dementia behaves and communicates and the impact this can have on day-to-day life.
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Supporting people in the later stages of dementia
COMING SOON! Learn how to meaningfully engage with people in the later stages of dementia, including verbal and non-verbal communication techniques, the importance of person-centred care and activities to improve well-being.
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Supporting people with dementia at end of life
COMING SOON! Learn about the signs of end of life for someone with dementia, how to overcome challenges and enable people with dementia to die well. Also learn how to support a person’s carers and loved ones at this difficult time.
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Supporting customers with dementia
COMING SOON! Learn how to spot the signs of dementia and provide outstanding customer service to people affected by the condition. You will learn how to communicate with customers living with dementia face-to-face and over the phone and practical techniques that will help you to respond to situations in customer-facing environments with empathy and respect.
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Creating dementia-friendly care environments
COMING SOON! This interactive course will help you to understand how the symptoms of dementia can impact the way people experience care environments, including day centres and residential care homes. You will learn how dementia affects visuospatial skills, such as depth-perception and judging distances, orientation and the senses, including sight and hearing loss. You will also learn how to evaluate the dementia-friendliness of care environments and explore practical changes you can make to create spaces that support the wellbeing of residents.
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Creating dementia-friendly customer environments
COMING SOON! This interactive course will help you to understand how the symptoms of dementia can impact the way people experience customer environments, including retail, banking and hospitality. You will learn how dementia affects visuospatial skills, such as depth-perception and judging distances, orientation and the senses, including sight and hearing loss. You will also learn how to evaluate the dementia-friendliness of customer environments and explore practical changes you can make to create spaces that support the wellbeing of your customers.
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A guide to planning ahead
COMING SOON! Learn about the importance of planning for the future following a diagnosis of dementia and ways that people living with dementia and their families can plan ahead. Including powers of attorney, advanced decisions and future care planning
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Dementia and advanced care
COMING SOON! Learn about the social care options for people living with dementia and the challenges faced by people with dementia and their families when making decisions about care.
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Bridging the gap between professional and family carers
COMING SOON! Learn how to effectively support people living with dementia and their families through transitions of care, including involving people with dementia in decision-making and including family members are care partners.

If you want to buy courses for a single learner/ individual, please follow the link here to go directly to our course list where you can add course/s to your shopping cart and checkout. During checkout you will need to add you email address - this will be used to email you a link to our learning hub and login to complete the courses purchased. Please make sure the email address is correct!

For anyone wanting to purchase a course/courses for more than 1 person, please complete our enquiry form below. This does not commit you to the selected courses but it will allow us to provide you with a more accurate quote.

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