Resources

Hear about aged care provider, Whiddon's, trial of a Stanford Music Program and the powerful effects of music for people with dementia.

This resource was produced to raise awareness about the experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander carers who provide support to family members or friends with dementia. The video features the personal stories of carers and also includes commentary from people working in the dementia field, such as Professor Tony Broe.

Meredith Blake's presentation on supported decision-making.

This video explains supported decision making for people with dementia from the perspective of a person with a diagnosis of dementia, carers, a geriatrician and an aged care facility manager..."knowing and understanding the person is key to looking at what risk does mean for the individual, as one person’s risk is another person’s life".

Ron's wife, Diana, had dementia. As her carer, Ron struggled with facilitating the choices his wife wanted to make that he was unsure of. 

This 15-minute video introduces responsive behaviours – why they occur and what we can do to help reduce or eliminate them (*please note you must be logged in as a Dementia Training Australia member (free) to watch video presentations and access resources).

Purposeful Activities for Dementia offers practical ways that carers – including activity support workers, personal care attendants and other aged care professionals – can work together to engage people living with dementia in purposeful activities at home and in social groups.

Catalyst takes you inside a program which is revealing that personalised playlists can re-awaken the brains of people with advanced dementia and allow people with severe Parkinson's to move.

Tara recounts her first-hand experiences with medication use in older adults when she became a carer for her father who had dementia.

This short video provides practical tips about lifestyle changes to prevent the onset of dementia (available in English, Arabic, Cantonese, Mandarin, Hindi, Tamil, Greek, Vietnamese, Spanish, Italian).