Dementia training for care homes
Dementia Training for Care Homes and Nursing Homes
Train your whole team, from awareness for every member of staff to skills for carers and nurses and leadership for managers. Delivered in-house at your home, wherever you are in the UK, or online with certificates, and covering all three tiers of the Dementia Training Standards Framework.
19,700+
Professionals trained
Tiers 1-3
Dementia Training Standards Framework
Nationwide
In-house training across the UK
Certificates
On online course completion
Dementia training for care home staff
The Right Training for Every Role in Your Home
Not everyone in a care home needs the same depth of dementia training. PMH matches each staff group to the right tier of the national Dementia Training Standards Framework, so your whole team is trained at the level their role requires.
Framework Tier 1
Every member of your home
Reception, housekeeping, kitchen, activities and maintenance staff: dementia awareness so every interaction respects dignity and supports the person.
Framework Tier 2
Care staff and nurses
Carers, senior carers and nurses who support residents every day: communication, person-led care planning, responding to distress, supporting families and end-of-life care.
Framework Tier 3
Managers and dementia leads
Registered managers, deputies and dementia champions: leading culture change, embedding good practice and evaluating how well training works in your home.
What your team will learn
Practical Skills for Daily Care
PMH training is built on Pat Hobson's Unique Life, Unique World, Unique Environment Model of Dementia Care, which she delivered to care homes between 2009 and 2014. It focuses on the person, not the diagnosis.
- Understanding how dementia affects perception, communication and behaviour
- Person-led care built on each resident's life history, identity and preferences
- Communicating and keeping connection as verbal ability changes
- Recognising distress and behaviour as communication of an unmet need
- Reducing reliance on restrictive practice
- Working with families as partners in care
- Leadership, supervision and a person-led culture across the home
Delivery
In-House, Online or Both
In-house at your home
Expert-led training delivered in person to your team, anywhere in the UK, connected to your environment, your residents and your ways of working.
Online with certificates
PMH Academy online courses that staff complete at their own pace, with a Certificate of Completion at the end.
A mix of both
Combine in-house sessions with online learning to suit your rota, staff roles and training plan.
Dementia Training Standards Framework
Meeting the Dementia Training Standards Framework
The national Dementia Training Standards Framework sets out what health and social care staff should know about dementia, at three tiers. The 2026 update brings fresh expectations for care providers. PMH dementia training covers all three framework tiers.
Framework Tier 1
Dementia awareness
Everyone working in health and social care, including staff who are not care workers, such as reception, housekeeping, kitchen and maintenance teams.
Framework Tier 2
Dementia skills and knowledge
Staff who work regularly and directly with people living with dementia, such as care workers, senior carers and nurses.
Framework Tier 3
Leadership in transforming dementia care
Managers, team leaders, dementia leads and those responsible for implementing and evaluating dementia training in their organisation.
How it works
From Enquiry to Trained Team
01
Tell us about your home
Use the form below to share your team size, training needs and preferred delivery.
02
We map your training
PMH discusses your requirements and matches each staff group to the right Framework tier.
03
You receive a proposal
Training content, delivery and price, tailored to your home. Pricing is on request.
04
Your team is trained
In-house, online or both, with certificates for online course completion.
Why PMH
Led by a Dementia Nurse, Lecturer and Author
Pat Hobson has worked in dementia care since 1994, including senior roles in care homes, the NHS, private hospitals and charities. She is an Independent Nurse Consultant, a lecturer in nursing and the author of Enabling People with Dementia, published by Springer. PMH has trained more than 19,700 professionals.
Need more than training?
If you want to change how dementia care works across your whole home, from care planning to environment and leadership, PMH Dementia Care Consultancy works alongside your team.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Discuss training for your team
Request Dementia Training for Your Home
Tell us about your home, how many staff you need to train, what you need and when. PMH will be in touch to discuss your requirements and provide a price.