Developing facilitation skills amongst undergraduate nursing students to promote dementia awareness with children in a higher education institution (innovative practice). (November 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gibson, Caroline; Rennie, Karen; Dewing, Jan; McKinlay, Lesley
• Is Part Of: Dementia. Volume 19:Number 8(2020)
• Page Start: 2857
• Page End: 2866
• Publication Date: 2020-11
• Subjects: dementia -- Dementia Friends -- education -- inclusivity -- peer facilitation; Psychiatric social work -- Periodicals; Social work with older people -- Periodicals; Dementia -- Periodicals; 362.19683005
• DOI: 10.1177/1471301218811788
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1471-3012

Abstract

Final year students on a BSc Hons Nursing programme in Scotland were supported to become Dementia Friends facilitators and develop interactive dementia awareness sessions for children from local schools. The children were invited to indicate phrases and images they associated with 'dementia' at the outset and end of the session. Analysis of the responses suggested that there were positive changes in the children's values and beliefs when thinking about a person living with dementia during the sessions. We suggest that peer learning is a valuable strategy to increase public and professional awareness about dementia and supports the development of graduate attributes.