Setting | Educational content | Sources |
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Primary care | • Recognising dementia • Diagnosing dementia • Prescribing medication • Dementia progression • Care management | Bentley, Kerr et al. [60] Luconi [64] Vollmar, Mayer et al. [69] |
Long-term care | • Introduction to dementia • Activities of daily living • Communication • Reacting skills • Redirection skills • Using reminiscence • Understanding dementia-related behaviours • Behaviour management • Pain management • Coping with challenging situations | Chao, Kaas et al. [79] Hobday, Savik, and Gaugler [71] Hobday et al. [72] Irvine, A. B., Bourgeois et al. [68] Irvine, A. Blair, Beaty et al. [21] Jones, Moyle [62] Tsai, Kitch et al. [77] |
Hospital staff | • Introduction to dementia • Understanding dementia-related behaviours • Communication • Wandering and falls | Hobday, Gaugler & Mittelman [73] |
Nursing students | • Psychosocial, cultural, cognitive, and spiritual development • Person-centred care • Understanding cognitive and functional change • Cognitive assessment • Communication • Activities of daily living and maximising independence • Understanding dementia-related behaviours • Distress behaviours • Dementia progression • Critical thinking skills • Involving family members and friends | Cobbett, Redmond et al. [74] Kimzey, Mastel-Smith et al. [63] Rababa, Masha'al [67] Ruiz, Smith et al. [66] |
Medical students | • Understanding different types of dementia • Pathophysiology • Clinical presentation • Dementia diagnosis • Differential diagnosis • Treatment | Helms, Denson et al. [78] Matsumura, Shinno et al. [75] Westmoreland, Counsell et al. [70] |