Safewards
Build understanding, develop Champions and support Safewards to become part of everyday practice.
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Practical programs
for better care.
Evidence-informed, person-centred programs that help healthcare teams build capability, strengthen culture and respond more skilfully when care becomes challenging.
Dementia-Informed Care
Person-centred learning that builds understanding, connection and more skilful support for people living with dementia.
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Care Under Pressure
Immersive simulation that helps teams rehearse communication and de-escalation before the pressure is real.
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Build Safewards that lasts.
Safewards is an evidence-based model for reducing conflict and restrictive responses in healthcare. Xantha supports the full journey — from building understanding and developing Champions to scaling implementation and sustaining practice.
KickstartBuild capability
Safewards In Practice Masterclass
A practical introduction to the model, helping staff understand conflict, recognise escalation and apply Safewards in everyday care.
Discuss this programSafewards Foundations
Build shared understanding through online learning, actor-led demonstrations and guided application — without the intensive simulation of Champion training.
Discuss this programSafewards Champion Program
Develop confident Safewards Champions through blended learning, immersive practice and simulated patient feedback.
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ScaleGrow implementation
Xantha Facilitator Certification
Build internal capability to deliver Xantha's Safewards learning approach through facilitator development, simulation practice and ongoing support.
Discuss this programImmersive Learning Materials
Equip certified facilitators with simulation guides, character resources, costumes, props and optional learning technology.
Discuss this programSimulated Patients
Xantha sources and briefs local improvisation actors and tailors scenarios to your environment and training needs.
Discuss this programSafewards Awareness Campaigns
Champion-led stories, bite-sized learning and internal communications help make Safewards visible, relatable and actionable.
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SustainKeep practice strong
Safewards Pulse Check
A supportive check-in on how Safewards is showing up in practice, what's working and where teams may need additional support.
Discuss this programChampion Coaching
Ongoing support for Champions to work through resistance, competing priorities and real implementation challenges.
Discuss this programRefresher Training
Reconnect teams with the purpose behind Safewards and reinforce consistent communication and intervention practice.
Discuss this programThe Xantha Practice Loop
Turning insight into skill.
A repeatable learning cycle that turns insight into observable practice.
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Experience
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Observe
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Understand
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Practice
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Feedback
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Repeat
Dementia-Informed Care
Person-centred dementia care.
Positive Approach to Care® helps staff understand changing brain function, recognise retained abilities and adapt communication and care to preserve dignity, connection and independence.
Foundational learning
Positive Approach to Care Foundations
Understand changing brain function and learn practical ways to preserve connection, dignity and independence.
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In-person learning
Interactive Workshop
Explore dementia-informed communication and practical care techniques through active, team-based learning.
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Tailored capability
Tailored Team Learning
Customised learning built around the people you support, your environment and the challenges staff face in everyday care.
Discuss this programCare Under Pressure
Practice under pressure.
Care Under Pressure uses realistic simulation and professional actors to help frontline teams practise communication and de-escalation when emotional intensity is high.
Full-day immersive program
Single Patient Simulation
Practise evidence-based de-escalation with a simulated patient experiencing multiple sources of distress.
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Full-day immersive program
Patient & Family Simulation
Practise de-escalation while managing the competing needs and emotions of a patient and family member.
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Co-designed simulation
Custom Care Under Pressure Simulation
Co-design a simulation around a clinical environment, recurring incident, patient cohort or capability challenge.
Discuss this programStart with the challenge
Start with what you're trying to solve.
Tell us what's happening in your teams and what you'd like to change. We'll help you identify the right place to start.