Past event · 2023–24
Caregiving, dementia and incontinence: an open online course
A free five-week Massive Open Online Course for family and professional carers.
DATE
30 January 2023 – 31 December 2024
LOCATION
Online
COST
Free
AT A GLANCE
PROVIDER
FutureLearn (Deakin University)
DURATION
Five weeks, approximately three hours per week
ENROLMENT
PARTNERS
Dementia Centre for Research Collaboration, through the Queensland University of Technology
STATUS
Booking for this event has now closed.
Many people living with dementia experience difficulties with bladder and/or bowel function and control. Continence issues significantly impact the quality of life for the person and their carer.
The course provides family and professional carers with the knowledge, skills and resources to cope with the physical and psychosocial aspects of assisting with toileting, promoting continence, and managing incontinence.
The free Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) is conducted entirely online through FutureLearn (Deakin University) over five weeks with approximately three hours of learning per week.
The project is funded by the Dementia Centre for Research Collaboration through the Queensland University of Technology.
The program
- ✓ Week 1: Coping with the lived experience
- ✓ Week 2: Basics of bowel and bladder function
- ✓ Week 3: Promoting healthy bowel and bladder function and assisting with toileting and hygiene
- ✓ Week 4: Using continence aids and incontinence products and protecting the skin
- ✓ Week 5: Coping at home, out and about and accessing information and support