Adult social care providers wanted for dementia training survey
The Centre for Dementia Research at Leeds Beckett University, in partnership with IFF Research, has launched a survey for adult social care providers about dementia training.
The survey has been commissioned by the Alzheimer’s Society to explore current dementia education and training amongst the adult social care workforce in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The findings will be used to inform the Alzheimer’s Society’s future policy and campaigning work on dementia training and education.
Professor Claire Surr, Director of the Centre for Dementia Research at Leeds Beckett University, says:
“It is widely accepted that staff working in social care need the right knowledge and skills to deliver good care to people living with dementia. This is an important piece of research exploring what dementia education and training adult social care staff are currently able to access. It will also look at any barriers and supportive factors that social care providers identify when making dementia training available to their staff.
The aim is to provide robust information to the Alzheimer’s Society about both good practice in dementia education and training in the sector, alongside the challenges providers face in ensuring their staff are skilled to deliver good dementia care.
We hope as many adult social care providers as possible will complete the survey. We want to hear from providers whether they offer no or limited dementia training, through to awareness level or more in-depth programmes. All this will help us get a clear picture of what is happening in the sector and how they can be best supported to develop their workforce.”
Participation in the survey is anonymous, and it takes around 20 minutes to complete. You can access it here: https://portal.iffresearch.com/mrIWeb/mrIWeb.dll?I.Project=J13651&i.User1=2&id=. The survey closes at 9am on Sunday 31 August.