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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Dementia Pathways Tool
This tool provides access to information about dementia for primary health care professionals.
Dementia enablement guide: GP version
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.
Creating a life story: A guide for family, friends and support staff
A Life Story book can be used as a tool to help facilitate person-centred care. It enables caregivers to engage and communicate with a person living with dementia, understand their unique needs, and provide meaningful interaction based on the person’s likes and dislikes and personal history.
Top tips from our expert panel about navigating the system and finding supports after a dementia diagnosis
Top tips and key quotes from the expert panel at a webinar titled 'Navigating the System: Finding supports after a dementia diagnosis'.
STOPP/START criteria
STOPP (Screening Tool of Older Persons' Prescriptions) and START (Screening Tool to Alert to Right Treatment) are explicit criteria that facilitate medication review in multi-morbid older people in most clinical settings (Admin time: Highly operator dependent - 5 mins for an expert, up to 20-30 mins).
Reviewing and tapering antipsychotic medications forbehavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD)
A tool to facilitate multidisciplinary review of antipsychotic medicines prescribed for patients experiencing changed behaviour, including advice on how and when to taper.
Responsive behaviours: Quick reference cards
The Quick Reference Cards are designed as an on-the-spot point of reference for health professionals and care staff working with people with dementia, to help address responsive behaviours.
Circle of friends worksheet
You are in control of who you tell about your dementia, when you tell them, and how (and how much) you tell. This worksheet helps you figure out how and when to share your diagnosis with family and friends.
Questions to ask your doctor worksheet
This resource from Forward with Dementia provides a list of possible questions to ask your doctor after a diagnosis of dementia.
Behaviour support plans
The behaviour support plan resources offer to build understanding of behavioural support and what a good behaviour support plan may look like, and provide a guide to creating a good behavioural support plan, and how to play a part in bringing behavioural support plans to life.