Online learning
The excellence network develops a variety of online courses for health and social care staff. They will be added to over time so it is recommended that you keep checking back to the Learning hub:
http://www.parkinsons.org.uk/professionals/learning-hub
The following courses I would recommend first for residential care professionals:
Caring for your resident with Parkinson’s: a 20 minute presentation for care home workers
This free 20 minute online presentation from Parkinson’s UK will help care home workers understand the key issues when caring for people with Parkinson’s.
Full information and the link to the presentation can be accessed here: Caring for your resident
My Parkinson’s Interactive Workbook
This is a free, online, interactive workbook about Parkinson’s which provides information on all aspects of the condition, from diagnosis to advanced stages.
It supports health and social care staff to effectively deliver care to those living with the condition and help ensure that every person living with Parkinson’s receives the best care possible.
This resource is suitable for any level of health and social care worker.
Full information and booking details can be found here:
Sign up to My Parkinson’s Interactive Workbook
Parkinson’s: Foundation modules for health and social care staff
This course is suitable for anyone working in health or social care that wants a foundation understanding of Parkinson’s. It is self directed learning so you can work through the interactive learning units at a pace suitable to your needs. You can choose to complete the whole course or pick a combination of learning units. You can expect the full course to take a minimum of 10 hours learning.
Full information and booking details can be found here: Parkinson’s: foundation modules
Parkinson’s UK volunteer educator programme- Introduction to Parkinson’s for Care Staff
This free 1-hour course will give a solid introduction to Parkinson’s for staff in nursing and care homes and home care agencies.
A Parkinson’s UK volunteer educator, trained by the charity and often with personal experience of the condition, will deliver this course virtually.
More information can be found here:
Introduction to Parkinson’s for care staff
