Care Certificate Standard 9 – Awareness of Mental Health, Dementia, and Learning Disability

Care Certificate Standard 9 – Awareness of Mental Health, Dementia & Learning Disability. This online course can be studied alone, or as part of the full 15 standards for the Care Certificate. To pay £8 for all 15 different standards of the Care Certificate, use this link https://www.leaderinadultcare.com/product-page/care-certificate-standards-15-courses-bundle-plus-health-social-care-course Overview of Care Certificate Standard 9 – Awareness of Mental Health, Dementia, and Learning Disability This course introduces the learner to people’s experiences with, and the causes of, mental health conditions, dementia and learning disabilities. It includes the importance of positive attitudes, the adjustments needed to the care and support provided, the main legislative requirements, and the concepts of "capacity" and "consent". Learning Outcomes include: 1 - List how someone may feel if they have a mental health condition, dementia or learning disability, how their support needs differ and how these conditions may affect their needs in relation to the care they receive 2 - Explain how positive attitudes towards individuals with mental health conditions, dementia or learning disabilities improves the care & support they receive and how the social model of disability underpins these attitudes 3 - Describe the types of adjustments that might need to be made to the care provided to individuals with a mental health condition, dementia or learning disability, & how to report concerns associated with unmet needs 4 - Explain why early detection of mental health needs, dementia or learning disability is important and give examples of how adjustments might need to be made to care & support once identified 5 - List the main legislative requirements & explain how this legislation may affect day-to-day living 6 - Explain the term "capacity", why you should assume an individual has it & circumstances where an assess 7 - Explain the term "consent" and how it may change