Education and Training in Dementia Care: A Person-Centred Approach

“This book is a must read for those wanting to understand, design and improve our approach to workforce knowledge in dementia care.”
Paul Edwards, Director of Clinical Services, Dementia UK

“Its person-centred, theory and practice-based approaches to learning make it an essential book for everyone involved in the delivery, review and commissioning of dementia education."
Dr Anna Jack-Waugh, Senior Lecturer in Dementia, Senior Fellow HEA, Alzheimer Scotland Centre for Policy, and Practice, the University of the West of Scotland, UK

“A relevant, innovative, and important book that can underpin better education and training in dementia care.”
Jesper Bøgmose, Associate Professor, Cand. Cur., Faculty of Health, University College Copenhagen, Denmark

In the last twenty years the evidence-base for how to provide person-centred care for people with dementia has grown significantly. Despite this until recently there has been little evidence as to how to provide training and education for the dementia workforce. 

This book provides an evidence-based practical resource for people intending to develop, deliver, review, or commission education and training for the dementia workforce. Throughout, the book: 

• Considers the importance of informal routes and mechanisms for workforce development
• Examines the importance of context and setting conditions for successful implementation of training at individual, service and organisational level
• Contains up-to-date international research evidence, case studies and vignettes

Education and Training in Dementia Care: A Person-Centred Approach is an accessible text aimed at all levels of prior experience, from those studying and working in health and social care services and private and third sector organisations who are responsible for the training and development of their staff, to commissioners of training or those who wish to take advice to inform their practice.

The Reconsidering Dementia Series is an interdisciplinary series published by Open University Press that covers contemporary issues to challenge and engage readers in thinking deeply about the topic. The dementia field has developed rapidly in its scope and practice over the past ten years and books in this series will unpack not only what this means for the student, academic and practitioner, but also for all those affected by dementia. 

Series Editors: Dr Keith Oliver and Professor Dawn Brooker MBE.

Claire Surr is Professor of Dementia Studies and Director of the Centre for Dementia Research at Leeds Beckett University, UK.

Isabelle Latham is Researcher-in-Residence for Hallmark Care Homes, UK and Honorary Senior Research Fellow for the Association for Dementia Studies at the University of Worcester, UK. 

Sarah Jane Smith is a Reader in Dementia Research at Leeds Beckett University, UK.