Are you providing CST in your place of work yet?

There are many positive benefits for both the beneficiaries and staff involved.

CST can be used in residential settings, community, care homes and day centres. An understanding of CST is the perfect basis for any activity planning for people living with dementia including in the arts. It can be used in groups but also on a one to one.

This course is delivered by founders of Memory Matters, Kate Smith and Laura Walker at their award-winning cafe and dementia hub in Plymouth.

Kate and Laura have been delivering CST for over 10 years in both residential and community settings. They are passionate about increasing access to this beneficial dementia treatment recommended for ALL people living with mild to moderate dementia by the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)

This course will:

Provide your staff with the skills to plan and run effective CST groups.

Give your organisation the ability to offer CST which will gain measurable results in cognition and quality of life for your clients.

What's Covered?

A look at the clinical evidence behind this psychosocial therapy.

The structure and topics within the therapy course.

The principles of cognitive stimulation therapy.

CST group planning using the core principles.

Preparing to run courses in your organisation.

Who is it for?

Occupational therapists, Nurses, Care Staff, Activity Co-ordinators

(Delegates will need to have an understanding and experience of working with people with dementia).

Feedback from the previous course participants:

Highlights were: Validation, facilitating the groups, statistics and facts, asking opinions.
This will help me facilitate a group better. I feel this will help my confidence. Thank you for a lovely training day.

Learning the value of CST and the value it has. I feel inspired now. Wonderful training thank you :)

I did not know much at all about CST before the training. There was a good mix of teaching methods that worked really well. Knowing the research base as well as the more practical activities.
I definitely feel much more equipped to facilitate a group and am looking forward to it!
A really informative and fun day. Thanks!