Brief description
The programme is designed specifically for acute hospital settings. It aims to raise awareness and understanding of dementia and enabling (and disabling) hospital environments. The programme includes different approaches to supporting the person with dementia in the acute hospital setting including person centred communication, supported decision-making and early identification and management of delirium. It includes dementia/delirium pathways and care bundles to support a person with their dementia journey in acute care.
Duration
4 to 5 hours
Mode of delivery
Group Face to Face
Cost
Free
Target Audience
This programme is relevant and beneficial to any healthcare worker in the acute hospital setting.
Areas available
Centre of Nursing and Midwifery Education (CNME), Kerry
Mary McNamara, Specialist Coordinator
Tel: 066 7184107
Email: tghschool@hse.ie
Centre of Nursing and Midwifery Education (CNME), West/Mid-West
Nuala Flannery
Tel: 061 482675
Mobile: 086 7716926
Email:nuala.flannery@hse.ie
Centre of Nursing and Midwifery Education CNME Sligo/Leitrim/West Cavan
Maura McGettrick
Tel: 071 9177749
Email: Maura.mcgettrick@hse.ie
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St. James's Hospital, Dublin
Snehal Prabhukeluskar
Regional Education Co-ordinator South Dublin, Kildare & Wicklow
Register Nurse Tutor
Centre for Learning and Development, St James’s Hospital, Dublin 8.
Tel: 01 4284896
Email: SPrabhukeluskar@STJAMES.IE
Course Administrator
Margaret Hogan
Email: mhogan@mater.ie
Centre for Nurse Education
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Carlow, Kilkenny, South Tipperary, Waterford and Wexford
Centre of Nursing and Midwifery Education (CNME)
Karen O’Sullivan
Tel: 051 842063
Email: KarenT.OSullivan@hse.ie
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Beaumont Hospital, Dublin
Centre of Nursing and Midwifery Education (CNME)
Fiona Jacob / Joseph Morris
Tel: 01 852 8783
Email:fionajacob@beaumont.ie
Email: josephmorris@beaumont.ie
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Mercy University Hospital, Cork
Centre Nursing Education (CNE), Mercy University Hospital, Cork.
Elizabeth Myers, Specialist Coordinator
Tel: (021) 4935182
Email: emyers@muh.ie
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Midland Regional Hospitals Tullamore and Portlaoise
Psychiatry of Later Life
Joan Mannion
Tel: 086 8511201
Email: joanm.mannion@hse.ie
Centre of Nursing & Midwifery Education ( CNME)
CNME, St Conals Campus, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
Philippa McGavigan, Nurse Tutor,
Email: philippa.mcgavigan@hse.ie
Tel: 087 7217116
Tel: 074 91 25888 EXT 3117