Resources

A collection of videos related to dementia-friendly environments.

Provides information regarding how dementia may impact ability to drive safely, and next steps.

Provides evidence-based principles to maximise enablement and well-being for people living with dementia through physical design.

Contact information and guidance for specific specialties which a person living with dementia may want to consider reaching out to.

People diagnosed with dementia, their care partners, and family and friends can find it hard to come to terms with a dementia diagnosis This tool provides an algorithm to guide the care GPs provide to a person once they have received a diagnosis of dementia.

The consumer guide details the types of clinicians and organisations that someone with a recent diagnosis may wish to contact in relation to a number of commonly experienced issues.

Provides information regarding talking to your doctor about emotional changes, aggression, catastrophic reactions, intimacy and sexuality, support for carers, where to get help.

Provides information regarding loss of appetite, overeating or insatiable appetite, sweet cravings, mouth, chewing and swallowing problems, problems eating at the table, other meal-time strategies, support for family and caregivers, where to get help.

Provides information regarding planning ahead for dementia care, decisions about medical treatment for dementia, getting help with decisions about medical treatment, money matters, enduring power of attorney, wills, guardianship and administration, and where to get help.

Provides information regarding laws about driving and dementia, reactions of people when they must stop driving, signs that driving ability is impacted, talking to a person about driving, support for families and carers, travelling with a person with dementia as a passenger, and where to get help.