Special Webinar: Dementia Care Training to Develop a Confident, Prepared Workforce
Welcome to our brand new webinar with our friends from The Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre
Are you an aged care provider and interested in learning about free education to prepare your staff for the aged care reforms as well as build their confidence when caring for people living with dementia. Join us for this free live webinar, Free and accessible dementia and aged care education and coaching for your workforce.
What We’ll Cover
Webinar: Dementia Care Training to Develop a Confident, Prepared Workforce
This webinar was hosted live on Thursday, December 4th 2025.
Access to the recording is available to Provider Institute members.
Key Topics covered:
- Helping your staff feel more prepared and supported when caring for people living with dementia
- Building staff confidence in responding to behaviours associated with dementia
- Supporting your workforce to stay on top of aged care reforms
Meet your Presenters
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About Belinda Llamas
Belinda is a Founder and the Managing Director of Provider Institute. She has worked with NDIS and Aged Care providers for the last 8 years, helping them to navigate compliance from startup to growth and everything in between.
She has an extensive background in risk management, work health and safety, human resources and business management.
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About Sarah Bascomb
Sarah Bascomb is a Project Manager at the Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre. Sarah oversees the Wicking Centre’s free, online educational programs designed for the aged care sector: DREAM and Equip. Sarah has been at the University for ten years, holding various roles within the Research Division include in ethics and integrity and grant development, before moving to the Wicking Centre two years ago.
About The Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre
The Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre is one of the research and teaching centres at the University of Tasmania.
Internationally recognised for its online teaching programs, the Wicking Centre offers education from the Understanding Dementia and Preventing Dementia Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs), Dementia award courses and more recently the highly regarded Equip Aged Care Learning and Dementia Respite Education and Mentoring (DREAM).
The Wicking Centre delivers flexible education programs for the health and aged care sector, from free online short courses to diploma, bachelor, and postgraduate qualifications.