Dementia affects how a person thinks, remembers, communicates and experiences the world around them. For care staff, understanding dementia is essential to providing safe, respectful and person-centred support.

Dementia Awareness training helps care teams understand different types of dementia, how symptoms can affect daily life and how staff can support independence, dignity and choice.

TJS Solutions provides Dementia Awareness training across Lancashire, Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire and the wider North West, supporting care homes, nursing homes, domiciliary care providers, crisis care services and community care teams.

Why dementia awareness training matters

Many people receiving care live with dementia or experience memory-related difficulties. Staff may support people with Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, dementia with Lewy bodies, frontotemporal dementia or mixed dementia.

Without the right training, staff may misunderstand behaviour, communication difficulties, distress, confusion or changes in routine. Dementia Awareness training helps learners understand why a person may respond in certain ways and how care can be adapted to better support them.

Dementia training for care homes and nursing homes

In residential and nursing care settings, staff often support people with dementia throughout the day and night. This may involve personal care, nutrition, medication support, activities, communication, emotional reassurance and end of life care.

Training helps care teams understand how to create calm, supportive environments, reduce distress, promote independence and respond to behaviour with empathy.

It also supports staff in recognising the importance of dignity, consent, routine, sensory needs, pain, hydration, nutrition and communication.

Dementia training for domiciliary care

Domiciliary care workers may support people with dementia in their own homes. This can bring different challenges, including changes in memory, medication routines, nutrition, safety, loneliness, family communication and fluctuating levels of independence.

Dementia Awareness training helps home care staff understand how to offer reassurance, communicate clearly, support familiar routines and report concerns when a person’s needs change.

For community care teams, this training can also help staff support people who are socially isolated or living alone.

Dementia, dignity and choice

A person living with dementia should still be supported to make choices, express preferences and maintain independence wherever possible.

Training helps staff understand how to avoid rushing, use clear communication, respect personal history, adapt care and focus on what the person can do rather than only what they find difficult.

This is especially important in crisis care or short-term support, where staff may be meeting a person at a vulnerable moment.

Dementia training across the North West

TJS Solutions supports care providers across Preston, Blackburn, Burnley, Manchester, Bolton, Bury, Stockport, Wigan, Leeds, Bradford, Liverpool, Warrington and surrounding areas.

Workplace-based training is a practical way to develop consistent understanding across teams and support better outcomes for people living with dementia.