Last Updated on October 26, 2016

Dementia Action Alliance (DAA) has launched a programme of immersive training workshops, with an aim to improve hospital care for people living with dementia. The hospital dementia training will help participating hospitals demonstrate good practice as well as seek feedback from the expertise of dementia leads in attendance.

The first workshop – to be held at University of London College Hospitals (UCLH) – will see attendees interacting with actors who have experience playing roles of people living with dementia, carrying out a series of challenging scenarios that may arise on a hospital ward.

DAA Partnerships Manager, Kelly Kaye said, ‘With increasingly stretched services and pressurised social care, the case for collaborative training has never been stronger. We know that for people living with dementia, hospital can be a very disorientating place so it is important that the care they receive is of the highest standard.

‘The immersive training programme enables health and social care professionals to not only connect and share their expertise, but also build on their own practice through interactive learning that focuses on empathy. It is vital that hospital dementia leads are exposed to this kind of training to ensure they are fully prepared to care for people living with dementia – both practically and emotionally.’

DAA will also use the programme to promote and develop areas of the already established Dementia Friendly Hospital Charter.