The Tour is consistently one of the most impactful experiences our students have. We are so thankful to be able to expose them to this experience.  Thanks for all you do to enable the development of empathy for those with this condition and their caregivers

My mom struggled with dementia for 12 years, but it wasn’t until I spent 8 minutes inside the Virtual Dementia Tour that I truly understood what her world was like.

Significant impact upon how I relate to people with a dementia. Better advice giving to carers of people with dementia. Better able to communicate with people with dementia. Better aware of how someone with a dementia may be feeling.

I think differently now about people with dementia and consider what they may be feeling, and how their surroundings make them feel.  It all may impact on how they engage with me in an assessment.  It was very useful to experience what someone with dementia may be going through.

I am now more aware as to why the person may not be concentrating on what I am saying and I will ensure that the assessment/review is completed in a quiet place with as few people in the room as possible.

This training was very good and I have recommended it to many providers. It has been a useful way to explain to carers what the Adults we look after might be experiencing.

The Dementia Tour was excellent and I personally think it should be mandatory training for all care workers (way beyond EEC’s remit/responsibility)

The training has given me an insight to how it might feel to someone who is suffering with dementia. I have had the opportunity to pass this insight  on to service users family who are struggling to understand what effect dementia is having on their loved one.

This training should be mandatory for all workers and carers dealing with dementia. When I am now working with people with dementia it reminds me of the training and how confused and disorientated I was. We use these words all the time in our work but the experience really puts this into perspective.