Dementia and Cancer

This course provides you with a greater understanding and helps you recognise how a diagnosis of dementia and delirium assessment, treatment, and care impacts on those with the condition, their families and those caring for them.

Learning Outcomes

• Identify the early symptoms of dementia and delirium to improve their knowledge and skills to care for patients with the conditions.
• Highlight the ethical implications of dementia and cancer on treatment and care in an oncology setting.
• Discuss how person-centred care and knowledge of the person will improve their well-being.
• Highlight how factors such as the environment and communication may impact a person’s behaviour.
• Identify the impact of caring on families and the importance of supporting and involving them in discussions around the treatment and care.
• Discuss the importance of Advance Care Plans and the lasting power of attorneys in planning future care and treatment.