Dining Immersive Experiential Training (DIET)

A 3-hour training session designed to immerse staff into the world of a person living with Dementia. Using specialist equipment, they will understand the fear, feeling and anxiety that people live with during a mealtime.

Objectives:

  • Agnosia and Food – Understand what agnosia is and how it can cause issues around identifying food and drink
  • Communication Disorders – Understand how communication disorders can affect a person’s ability to read menus or make food and drink choices
  • The Dining Area – Understand how too much clutter in the dining area could cause difficulties for people with dementia at mealtimes, and how to create dementia inclusive dining spaces

14/10/2026, 10:00–13:00, Canolfan Rheidol, Aberystwyth

14/10/2026, 13:30–16:30, Canolfan Rheidol, Aberystwyth

19/11/2026, 10:00–13:00, Canolfan Rheidol, Aberystwyth

19/11/2026, 13:30–16:30, Canolfan Rheidol, Aberystwyth