Hello to all at Friend,

The Understanding Dementia MOOC (massive open online course) will be opening on 7th February 2023, and we need your help in promoting this FREE online course from the Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre to your members.

Dementia has a profound impact on individuals, families and communities, posing significant challenges to quality of life. The number of people with dementia across the world increases every year as our global population ages, and dementia is fast becoming known as the public health concern of the 21st Century.

We appreciate your assistance in helping us spread the word about this valuable learning opportunity.

Ways to let others know

• Share the Understanding Dementia MOOC link with your members in your next newsletter or email.
• Display our poster on your community noticeboard. Click here to print a copy. 
• Forward this email to your members, as it contains all the information about this informative course.
• Visit the Understanding Dementia Facebook Page and share our post to ‘enrol today’ with your networks.
  

Course details

• It's FREE and you can enrol today
  
• Course opens on Tuesday 7th February 2023
• Duration is 7 weeks, with an estimated effort of 3 hours per week
• You can study day or night, on your smartphone, tablet or computer
• Receive a personalised certificate on completion
• Course content includes how the brain is affected by the diseases that cause dementia, symptoms, diagnosis, stages and management, and personal and carers’ perspectives of living with dementia
  

Enrolments are now open at mooc.utas.edu.au

Thank you for taking the time to read about the Understanding Dementia MOOC. We hope to see you and members of your network in the course soon.

Kind regards,

CRICOS Provider Code: 00586B | ABN 30 764 374 782