Resources
Browse resources created and collated by ARIIA as a trusted, evidence-based guide to supporting innovation across the aged care sector.
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Culturally and linguistically diverse dementia research action plan
An accessible guide for research and translation aimed at improving the lives of people living with dementia, their families, and carers (available in English, Arabic, Chinese traditional, Chinese simplified, Greek, Italian, and Vietnamese).
Coronavirus COVID-19: Tips for carers, families and friends of people living with dementia
Information sheet regarding the symptoms of COVID-19.
Continence and using the toilet
This guide looks at four common difficulties with using the toilet for people with dementia — and suggests ideas to offer support.
Advance care planning and dementia: Why planning ahead can help if memory is becoming more difficult
Advance care planning is about your future health and personal care. It gives you the opportunity to plan for what you would want, if you were unable to say it yourself. This factsheet is about advance care planning and dementia.
Advance care planning and dementia: Who will speak for you if you can't speak for yourself?
Advance care planning is about your future health and personal care. It gives you the opportunity to plan for what you would want, if you were unable to say it yourself. This factsheet outlines issues surrounding the appointment of a substitute decision-maker.
Understanding the impact of trauma and stress for LGBTI people with dementia
This help sheet provides information and tips for care staff to better understand the life events the LGBTI person with dementia may have experienced and enable tailored care and support.
Understanding changes in behaviour: The impact of dementia
Information regarding understanding the impact of dementia, the lived experience, labelling behaviour, and common changes.
Understanding apathy in people with dementia
This overview aims to assist in understanding how apathy affects people living with dementia and how carers can respond.
Tips to support a person with dementia during a COVID-19 outbreak
This helpsheet provides practical information about what care staff can do to be prepared in the event of a COVID-19 outbreak and how to support a First Nations person with dementia.
Tips for residential aged care providers (more so focused on COVID-19)
Information for residential aged care providers regarding coronavirus (COVID-19) and supporting people living with dementia.