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D79 STrAtegies for RelaTives (START) 030227

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Dates of Event
3rd February 2027 – 17th February 2027
Last Booking Date for this Event
1st February 2027

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This course is for non-clinically qualified staff (e.g. assistant psychologists, dementia workers) supporting family carers of people with dementia, or qualified psychologists/service managers who want training to set up, deliver or oversee START delivery in their service/organisation.

STrAtegies for RelaTives (START) is an intervention for informal/unpaid carers of people with dementia:

-Aimed at reducing anxiety and depression

-Delivered in eight-sessions

-Which promotes strategies for coping with caring for a family member with dementia

-Carers gain personalised strategies 

-START facilitators are trained graduates, supervised by an experienced clinical psychologist

START is clinically effective at reducing dementia carers’ anxiety and depressive symptoms (Livingston G et al. 2013 BMJ 347:f6276 ; Livingston G et al. 2014 Lancet Psychiatry 1(7):539-48), cost-neutral and cost-effective for both carers and patients, and in line with NICE guidance.

 

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/psychiatry/research/mental-health-older-people/projects/start

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1) Initial 1 Full Day Training Session Only £200.00