The Knowledge and Implementation Hub team undertook a desktop environmental scan to find high-quality practical resources on dementia care for aged care workers. These resources are now available in the Resource Collection of the Hub. To read more about our environmental scan process, see the PDF report below.
What we did
In July 2022, we conducted structured searches using the Advanced Search version of Google alongside targeted searches of relevant organisational websites. We also consulted the ARIIA Evidence Advisory Group on Dementia Care to suggest resources to add to our Resource Collection.
Resources had to be Australian, freely available and useful for practice. They also had to meet certain quality criteria such as currency (last 5 years), author or organisation credibility and objectivity, and content accuracy and depth of coverage.
What we found
We identified 325 Australian resources on dementia care. These resources include videos, information sheets, guidelines, learning modules, and tools. Australian resources on dementia are targeted at a wide audience range with only a subset directed at care workers (n=132). Most of the resources were from Dementia Australia, Dementia Training Australia and Dementia Support Australia.
Keeping the collection current
The environmental scan process was repeated in May 2023 to find resources produced since July 2022. The project team will continue to repeat the scan process at scheduled intervals to ensure the resource content for dementia care remains up to date
You can download the full scan summary report at the link below.