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Older Minds Matter
Online Webinar Series
The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety has recognised mental health as a crucial issue in shaping a new aged care system, emphasising the necessity for training, awareness, and care management planning.
Mental Health & Wellbeing Training Solutions has been at the forefront, offering specialised Older Person Mental Health training to the Aged Care Sector since 2017. Our suite of training sessions can be delivered as online webinars or face-to-face workshops.
These specialised training sessions are invaluable for workers and volunteers in the Aged Care Sector, providing insight and understanding into prevalent mental health conditions among older individuals. They equip participants with the knowledge and skills to recognise and support older people facing challenging situations or mental health distress.
Strategies to Support an Older Person Experiencing Confusion & Memory Loss
Learn about the impact of confusion and memory loss on an older person’s wellbeing, and discover effective communication strategies and ways to provide support.
Why an Older Person experiences Delirium & Psychosis
Learn what causes delirium and psychosis in older people and how to implement appropriate interventions to enhance their overall well-being.
Understanding the Impact of Stress & Anxiety on an Older Person
Recognize the signs of stress and anxiety in older people, identify risk factors, and implement tailored interventions crucial in improving mental well-being.
Understanding Challenging Behaviours in an Older Person
Gain insight into the underlying causes and triggers of challenging behaviours in older people and learn to provide strategies for effective responses and ways to provide support and care.
Providing A Trauma Informed Care Approach in Aged Care – Creating Healing Environments
Gain an understanding of how a trauma-informed approach is especially helpful within aged care service provision, and the benefits to the older person in improving overall quality of life.
Understanding the Impact of Trauma, Grief & Loss
Learn about the common experiences of trauma, grief and loss occurring in the older person, and effective ways to provide support.
Supporting an Older Person Through Significant Life Events
Gain an understanding of the impact of significant life events on an older person and discover ways to improve their wellbeing and how to support them to adapt and cope with change.
Understanding the Impact of Mental Illness on the Older Person
Identify causes, risk factors, and warning signs of mental illness in older individuals and discover ways to improve their well-being and access help and support.
The Older Person and Hoarding, Collecting & Clutter
Learn ways to identify when an older person who may have a problem with hoarding, collecting or clutter, and respond effectively.
Understanding the Importance of Person-Centred Care
Understand the core principles of person-centred care and recognize the benefits of a person-centred care approach for older individuals.
Understanding the Impact of Ageism
Learn the impact of ageism on older individuals, and challenge ageist attitudes and behaviours in order to provide more thoughtful and supportive care.
An Introduction to Trauma Informed Care in Aged Care
Learn about Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) and why recognizing the impact of past traumatic experiences on an older person’s mental health and well-being is so important in aged care.
Explore our range of 'Older Minds Matter' sessions below!
Our 'Older Minds Matter' online webinars offer a cost-effective and flexible training option, catering to staff working remotely while minimising disruption to the workplace. Each webinar includes your organisation’s logo and a PDF copy of the training material distributed post-session to attendees. By hosting online webinars, organisations can effortlessly provide relevant and engaging CPD opportunities for their teams.
Our webinars encourage active attendee participation and engagement, and a wide selection of topics is readily available. We're also open to developing customised sessions to suit your specific needs. Our training has reached Aged Care support workers, Residential Care workers, nurses, social workers, managers, team leaders, volunteers, and carers across Australia.
All of our 'Older Minds Matter' webinars are adaptable for face-to-face training sessions!
Face-to-Face training is available in flexible 3-hour (1/2 day) or 6-hour (full day) sessions. Multiple topics can be combined to create a full day of training tailored to your learning requirements.
To ensure a conductive learning environment, we limit attendance to a maximum of 30 participants per session. Certificates of Attendance are provided to participants upon completion of face-to-face sessions.