Dementia carers' rights training

We offer free, accessible training for unpaid carers of people with dementia to ensure they have a greater understanding of their rights, and how to access them. There’s strong evidence that many carers are unaware of their rights as carers, and this lack of knowledge may be a barrier in accessing vital support.

Through joining one of our friendly, interactive workshops, carers of people with dementia can learn more about their rights as carers, and how to access these rights. Our current topics include:

• An Introduction to carers' rights
• The Carers (Act) Scotland 2016, with a focus on Adult Carer Support Plans
• Hospital admissions and discharge
• Self-Directed Support
• Power of Attorney and other advance decision making
• Welfare benefits and income maximisation for carers

We are also keen to hear from carers about other topics they feel that would be useful – please get in touch on the details below if you have any feedback about this.

How you can take part in our carers' rights training

All workshops are currently delivered online using Zoom. If you are unfamiliar with Zoom we are happy to offer some assistance in advance. We recognise that carers are often busy people, so our scheduled workshops will last a maximum of 90 minutes and we send out follow up information to all our attendees. 

Please see the Age Scotland dementia training calendar for all forthcoming scheduled courses.

We also know that carers' lives can be unpredictable and that it might not be easy to commit to a training course on a particular day at a particular time. So we've created a self-study platform where carers can engage in the same learning but on their own and in their own time - with the support of the course tutors, of course! Our first three modules are already available to book. Bookings and further information can be found on the Age Scotland dementia training calendar.

If you have any queries, please email the team at dementiatraining@agescotland.org.uk