Resources

Each day there are many things that provide us with purpose and pleasure. For a person with dementia, the need for a good quality of life is not diminished. This webpage from Dementia Australia provides guidance for planning appropriate activities for people living with dementia.

This report from Dementia Australia describes recommendations from people living with dementia and their families/carers regarding the new aged care quality standards.

This sheet from NPS MedicineWise outlines information about some conditions commonly experienced by people living with dementia, to help enable them and their family, friends and carers to be involved in decisions about management and support for these conditions.

This video from the Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre provides an overview of what a home-like, or clustered model of aged care looks like and how it benefits residents. (1 min)

This symposium, hosted by the Dementia Centre for Research Collaboration and Dementia Training Australia, reflects on progress since the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and safety, and added challenges of COVID-19 (*please note you must be logged in as a Dementia Training Australia member (free) to watch video presentations and access resources). (5 h)  

This paper from Dementia Australia describes how the COVID-19 pandemic may have impacted/be impacting the physical, social, and mental well-being of people living with dementia, and their families/carers.

This resource from The Dementia Centre, HammondCare, and the Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre has been designed as an educational intervention for aged care staff to provide a person-centric, pain management plan for people living with dementia.

This webinar from Forward with Dementia will guide diagnosticians and primary care practitioners to help their patients access services. (48 min)

The aim of this field guide from the Dementia Collaborative Research Centre is to provide initial points for consideration for clinicians in their role of assisting carers and care workers caring for persons living with dementia, who present with behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia.

Information from Alzheimer's WA regarding navigating dementia support, help at home, respite care, support groups, deciding on residential care, models of care, understanding wellbeing, and domains of well-being.