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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Live well with dementia
This webpage provides information about living well with dementia, including how life may change after diagnosis, and how to promote well-being and quality of life (includes video).
Australian Association of Gerontology Fact Sheet 6: International guidance documents on reablement approaches
This webpage provides a list of guidance documents on reablement approaches from different countries and the World Health Organisation.
Forward with dementia
This webpage is for people with dementia, carers, and health professionals. It provides information, helpful strategies, and tools to improve communication of the dementia diagnosis and post-diagnostic support.
Exercise to boost your physical health
Exercise can help to improve or maintain memory, thinking, and the daily function of people with dementia. This webpage provides information about the benefits of exercise and tips for people living with dementia.
Enabling environments
An enabling environment will encourage a person with dementia to lead as full and independent a life as possible. This website from Alzheimer's WA provides practical tips, guides and resources to help make the places where we live more dementia-enabling.
Down syndrome and Alzheimer's disease
This webpage provides information about the link between down syndrome and Alzheimer's disease, includes description of both, diagnosis, and further help.
Down syndrome and Alzheimer's
This webpage provides information about brain changes associated with Alzheimer's disease, prevalence of Alzheimer's disease in people with down syndrome, the importance of living a full life, other conditions that can be treated, and where to get help.
Designing for people with dementia
Information regarding the creation of dementia-friendly physical and social environments for persons with dementia.
Depression and dementia
This webpage provides information regarding what depression is, depression and dementia, signs of depression, where to begin, drug treatments, and what to try.
Dementia - safety issues
Provides information on safety inside the home, safety outside the home, independence aids, changes to the environment, and where to get help.