Additional Dementia Unit Standard Assessment Criteria

This page contains specific information regarding Dementia Unit Standards 23920, 23921, 23922 and 23923

For these dementia Unit Standards the AMAP states: "all tutors and assessors must hold, or have held, a position of responsibility within the last 5 years that involves direct contact with consumers diagnosed with dementia within the last 5 years. This may be in a dementia unit, in a dementia day care centre, or with an individual consumer". 

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Position of responsibility

The designation “position of responsibility” will be interpreted as an employee (excluding volunteers) who:

1. Holds a position that includes direct supervision or management of other staff within an organisation, residential complex/unit, clinical setting or agency, e.g. team leader, senior support worker, clinical co-ordinator, unit manager etc. and/or
2. Has attained a qualification (minimum L4) and/or requisite degree of experience, and/or sufficient professional development to be able to work without direct supervision in an autonomous or semi-autonomous capacity, e.g. district nurse, RN or EN working as part of a community nursing team etc.

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Direct contact with consumers

 The phrase “involves direct contact with consumers diagnosed with dementia” refers to a role that includes:

1. Individual responsibility for clinical assessment, management, care and/or support of  a person or persons diagnosed with dementia; and/or
2. Participating in implementing a service delivery plan, care plan or equivalent for a  person or persons diagnosed with dementia on a regular, scheduled basis; either  within a residential complex, a day care facility or a person’s own home.