Dementia Care

The Accreditation Certificate in Dementia Care can be a clinically-based application that prepares practitioners for advanced professional training in the specialist field of dementia. Students utilize work-based learning to increase client care and service delivery in the multidisciplinary atmosphere. This level prepares students for career development into mature clinicaleducation, management, instruction, and research functions. Graduates from this class are clinical nurse advisors, aspiring clinical nurse advisors, family carers, medical practitioners, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, registered nurses, social workers, volunteers along with other functions in aged and dementia care. The application differs from classes offered by other NSW and Australian universities in that it is underpinned by a rehabilitation approach to dementia care.

A recognised Bachelors level in a health care field, or equivalent. Other professional credentials in a relevant subject can also be considered.