An audit of dementia education and training in UK health and social care: a comparison with national benchmark standards.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite people living with dementia representing a significant proportion of health and social care users, until recently in the United Kingdom (UK) there were no prescribed standards for dementia education and training. This audit sought to review the extent and nature of dementia education and training offered to health and social care staff in the UK against the standards described in the 2015 Dementia Training Standards Framework, which describes the knowledge and skills required of the UK dementia workforce.

Methods

This audit presents national data concerning the design, delivery, target audience, length, level, content, format of training, number of staff trained and frequency of delivery within existing dementia training programmes offered to health and so

SUBMITTER: Smith SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6802111 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature