Challenges facing education – Part one

01/07/25 • 13 min

In this initial episode of a four-part series, Dementia Learning Centre Director Caroline Bartle joins Ellen Bragger to discuss the challenges facing dementia mate wareware education in Aotearoa New Zealand.

They address the complexities of delivering effective training across diverse healthcare settings, the impact of high staff turnover, and the necessity for standardised approaches.

This thought-provoking conversation sets the foundation for future episodes by highlighting the importance of evolving traditional training methods to better serve individuals living with dementia mate wareware, their whānau, and healthcare professionals.

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They address the complexities of delivering effective training across diverse healthcare settings, the impact of high staff turnover, and the necessity for standardised approaches.

Subscribe now for more information on upcoming events at the Dementia Learning Centre.

Previous Episode

Breakthroughs and biomarkers

It seems there’s news about breakthroughs for dementia mate wareware every week!

Professor Lynette Tippett and Dr Etu Ma’u – of the University of Auckland – join Chief Executive Catherine Hall to kōrero (talk) about what’s new.

Lynette is Director of the Dementia Prevention Research Clinics where they are researchingfactors and biomarkers that influence progression of memory difficulties and that promote brain health in New Zealanders, and Etu is also a consultant old age psychiatrist with Health NZ Waikato.

The first part of this podcast covers some of the latest news about diagnosis, biomarkers and testing. The second part explores risk reduction.

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This podcast was recorded on 29 November 2024.

Next Episode

Reimagining education for the real world – Part two

In this illuminating discussion, Dementia Learning Centre Director Caroline Bartle shares her insights into delivering impactful dementia education, drawing from her experience running a social enterprise in the UK and her academic research.

She and Ellen Bragger examine how combining emotional engagement with practical experience fosters lasting change in dementia care.

Together, they explore the elements that make training truly effective from storytelling to virtual reality and why the future of learning must extend beyond the classroom into everyday practice. Part two of this series reveals how the Dementia Learning Centre at Alzheimers New Zealand is reimagining education for real-world impact.

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