Improving person-centred care in hospitals: Transitioning the “Volunteer Dementia and Delirium Care Program” training online

This ANU-led project will use an online interactive training course to promote wider and more rapid adoption of the existing person-centred Volunteer Dementia and Delirium Care Program (VDDCP), to support higher quality care for people living with dementia and/or delirium in hospital settings across Australia. Volunteers assist by supporting care which identifies and meets the physical, social and emotional needs of each patient; however, the reach of volunteer training to-date has been constrained by face-to-face delivery.

This proposal to develop and trial an innovative online interactive VDDCP training course responds to urgent calls from our long-term consumer, volunteer, hospital and government partners for improving person-centred acute hospital care for people living with dementia and/or delirium.

This project is funded a Medical Research Future Fund grant. Find out more info here.

For further information, reach out to Prof Stephen Isbel.