Resources

This webinar from Dementia Training Australia focuses on how we can support residents to personalise their bedroom and have a richer dining experience (*please note you must be logged in as a Dementia Training Australia member (free) to watch video presentations and access resources). (43 min)

This webinar from Dementia Training Australia introduces ways of supporting residents and staff to personalise indoor and outdoor spaces, and focus on specific day-to-day activities, such as having a richer dining experience. (30 min)

This report from NSW Health describes the characteristics, prevalence and current health service use of people with behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia.

Exercise can help to improve or maintain memory, thinking, and the daily function of people with dementia. This webpage from Forward with Dementia provides information about the benefits of exercise and tips for people living with dementia.

This guideline from the University of Sydney, the NHMRC Partnership Centre, and Bruyère Research Institute aims to provide guidance on who is suitable to continue and who is suitable to trial deprescribing (likely to benefit or not experience harm from withdrawal) of certain medications (ChEIs and/or memantine).

In this webinar from the Older Person's Advocacy Network, meet the creators of 'Everybody’s Oma', a personal story about one family’s dementia journey. During lockdown, Jason van Genderen’s playful video experiments helped his mother, Hendrika, make sense of her home isolation. (57 min)

This webinar from Dementia Training Australia focused on meaningful engagement outdoors. It addressed our need to get outside, be active and enjoy the fresh air. (*please note you must be logged in as a Dementia Training Australia member (free) to watch video presentations and access resources). (43 min)

The goal of this collection of resources from Dementia Training Australia is to support those who wish to improve environments for people with dementia (*please note you must provide some information in order to access this resource).

The Dementia Training Australia Environment Activity Cards aim to spark conversations among staff, residents and visitors about residential aged care and retirement living buildings.

This information from the Dementia Centre for Research Collaboration, Brisbane Airport, and The Australian Government provides guidance through the Brisbane Airport’s international terminal for people living with dementia and their travel companions.