Baristas get more training than dementia carers, research shows

The Alzehiemer’s Society President said baristas can receive more training to make great coffee than care workers receive to provide dementia care (Picture: Getty)

More than half of adult social care staff begin looking after patients despite having had no dementia training, according to new research.

Alzheimer’s Society is now demanding that training be made mandatory after concerns that even baristas receive more training to make good coffee than care workers receive to look after vulnerable adults.