'Creative Ways to Care' Launch
On March 30, The Commonwealth Respite and Carelink Centre Southern Region in partnership with the South Eastern Region Migrant Resource Centre successfully launched their new education and training program, Creative Ways to Care - strategies for carers of people living with dementia in Dandenong.
Creative Ways to Care - strategies for carers of people living with dementia is an education and training program designed for health professionals to run as six workshops for family/unpaid carers. The program aims to provide carers with skills, knowledge, resources and confidence to implement diversional strategies at home.
Carers can learn strategies to connect, engage and have fun with the person they care for through meaningful activities that will assist with tasks and activities of daily living. They can also learn techniques to increase the level of physical, cognitive and sensory stimulation for the person they care for living with dementia.
Workshop topics include: dementia; behaviour and activities; reminiscence; stimulating and soothing the senses; music; creative arts and a review session.
If you would like to know more about the Creative Ways to Care training program, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or visit the website.