Call for mandatory training in
dementia care
Tuesday 27 November 2007
People with dementia are being subjected to huge inequalities in standards of residential care, according to a new report from the Alzheimer’s Society.
The charity is calling for mandatory dementia training for all care staff, such as that offered in Tribal’s Dementia Awareness programme, with an end to the idea of the traditional 'old folks' home. The report comes at the start of a major campaign to improve the quality of life of almost a quarter of a million people living with dementia in residential care.
Skills for Care, the employment-led strategic body for workforce development in adult social care in England, support the findings of the report. Andrea Rowe, Skills for Care chief executive said:
“Relatives of people with dementia have a right to be kept fully informed about the care that is delivered and, although much good work is already being done to improve knowledge, we need to make to make sure that staff are properly trained to make sure that proper consultation is not just an aspiration but a reality.”