Dementia Interpreters

Dedicating your time to understanding and supporting people with dementia is one of the most fulfilling things that any person can do.

Becoming a qualified and registered interpreter is an important step to changing the way that we understand dementia

Things to do for each level achievement and rewards:

Level 1.

This level is the start of the journey as a Dementia Interpreter. This level is achieved by taking the experiential course.

You will receive a certificate
Letter from Dementia Interpreters explaining how to achieve level 2.
Start of Modules: Module 1 Importance of Advance Planning to improve communication.

To achieve level 2 Dementia Interpreter, you are expected to:

Understand ‘Advance Planning Tools’ (module 1) and promote these to 10 people within your social group.
Upload your profile onto the Dementia Interpreters Forum.

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Level 2.

You will now have an understanding of communication skills and received further modules.:

You will receive a letter of acceptance to level 2 status which explains how to achieve level 3. To achieve level 3 Dementia Interpreter, you are expected to:

Watch an update video with further knowledge.
Be active and involved in the Interpreter forum and Dementia Dictionary.

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Level 3

You will have been involved in the Forum and received further modules:

You will now receive the coveted ‘Dementia Interpreter’ badge.
Letter from Dementia Interpreters explaining how to achieve level 3 status.

To achieve level 3 status, you are expected to:

Use social media to promote the importance of communication for people with dementia.
Learn about other services within your area that benefit people with dementia.
Continue to be involved in the Interpreters Forum.

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Level 4

You now have received many modules, been involved and active in the forum, found out and understood services in your area and promoted to your network of friends about communication for people with dementia via social media.

You will receive a letter from Dementia Interpreters explaining how to achieve level 5 status.

To achieve level 5 status, you are expected to:

Take a further webinar course (cost £60.00) 2-3 hours long.
Write a paper on what you have learnt about dementia specific communication, how you have developed your skills, what benefits this had had on people you support and how you are going to continue to learn new skills.
Support other Interpreters in their journey to level 5.

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Level 5 Status

You have now achieved the current highest level and recognised as someone who has a high level of expertise in communication for people who have dementia.

You will receive a Certificate of achievement.
You will receive an ID Badge.
You will receive a Lanyard.
You will be promoted across our network of social media.

Be achieving level 5 status, you are now eligible for the following:

Research on further knowledge of communication within dementia.
Be invited to write new modules, videos and papers that will further knowledge.
Be eligible to be invited onto the board of decision makers for definitions onto the dictionary (board changes every 6 months).
Be eligible to be invited to answer questions that families have on the family forum.
Be eligible to write new translations for the dictionary.
Be eligible to be invited as a judge for the international dementia interpreters’ yearly awards.
Be eligible to be invited to review communication products that are available for people who have dementia.

There will be further opportunities for level 5 dementia interpreters as the system develops.

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The Dementia Dictionary

Working together to improve our understanding of Dementia

The Dictionary

Unlike any other platform, the dementia dictionary is bringing the global community of dementia interpreters together.
You will be connected to people in America, Australia, Canada and many other countries as Preparing4 Care rolls out.
This means that they can learn from you and you can learn from them.
You will collectively shape the dementia landscape.

The Website

Dementia Interpreters

Unlike any other website, the content of the Dementia Dictionary will be built by the Dementia Interpreters and therefore will not be one person or organisations opinion.

Everyone that is involved in the Dementia Interpreters Forum will have a connection to people with dementia.

Whether you are kitchen staff, a cleaner, maintenance person, administration staff, care staff, nurses, doctors and so on, your voice will be heard and your opinions and knowledge will always count.

You will be recognised for your sharing of knowledge because you work or live with people who have dementia.

The Search Engine

Dementia Interpreters

Works the same as google and other search engines.

You type in a behaviour, action, noise, situation or challenge that you are searching for answers on and it will search for them.

Unlike other search engines, it will only search the content of the Dementia Dictionary.

This means that everything they read will be by Dementia Interpreters.

This will then mean that families or professionals can have clarity and answers to better care for the people they support.

We recognise that everyone with dementia is different and therefore there will be multiple definitions and responses for people to try.

This means that what works for one person, may not work for another.

Therefore, there will be more than one answer to a search so that if the first advise doesn’t work then they can then try the next until they find the answer that works for the person that they support.

The Forum

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You will have your own profile.
You will be a professional or Community Dementia Interpreter dependent on the course you took.
You will be able to tell people about you, why your passionate about dementia.
You will be able to find discussions that you have been involved in previously or be able to search for new and existing discussions.
You will be able to use this to showcase you and improve career opportunities.

Becoming a dementia interpreter is a 5-stage qualification and you will have to fulfil and meet the requirements of each stage. Along the way, you will be rewarded for your commitment and will be recognised for each achievement level. Once you have become a fully qualified, level 5 interpreter, you will have met and developed your skills to the highest standards, however this is a lifelong commitment and you will have to continually increase knowledge to support everyone.

The Interpreter

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To become a dementia interpreter, you will have to be committed to improving, understanding, researching and sharing new methods and best practice for the good of all.

Being named forever as a person that has helped to build the content of the dementia dictionary is a goal that everyone who works within care wants to achieve.

We all have a responsibility to improve understanding and this portal will change the lives of millions of people across the world that will be able to access it and improve their situation.

The Course

The Dementia Dictionary (Launching December In the UK and America) is a ‘world first’ and will be a freely accessible service for anyone who wants to be able to interpret classic behaviours, actions and wording to start to be able to communicate with people who have dementia.

Both the Dementia Interpreters Course and the Dementia Dictionary will work together seamlessly continuously growing with new knowledge. This will include free ongoing modules covering many different areas and methods of communication.