The Department of Health and Aged Care has reminded providers of free training courses available for anyone working in aged care this month, with topics including:
- quality standards and how to apply them
- dementia care
- food and nutrition in aged care homes
- palliative care education
- trauma-informed care.
The full list of courses can be found here.
There is also a series of free online course provided through the Multicultural Communities Council of Illawarra – partners in culturally appropriate care NSW/ACT – that will provide information and tools to improve inclusion of older people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds living with dementia.
Courses include:
- culturally inclusive service delivery
- working with new and emerging communities
- working with a diverse workforce
- culture and dementia
- culture and trauma informed care.
More information can be found here.
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