Wicking Dementia Centre’s ADI accreditation 

ByJDCteam

Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) have awarded accreditation to the Wicking Dementia Centre in Australia for their globally impactful educational initiatives in aged and dementia care. 

The Wicking Dementia Centre, which is part of the University of Tasmania, have had over 500,000 enrolments in their Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) on dementia, with participants joining their courses from over 184 UN-recognised countries. They become Australia’s first educational provider to achieve ADI accreditation.   

More information on the Wicking Dementia Centre’s ADI accreditation is here:  

https://www.alzint.org/news-events/news/celebrating-global-excellence-wicking-dementia-centre-receives-adi-accreditation/

Find out more about the dementia MOOC here: https://mooc.utas.edu.au 

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