Resources

An article in MedicineToday about identifying patients nearing the end of life and providing quality care.

This online publication from the Queensland Brain Institute provides information about dementia including why we need to talk about dementia, what dementia is, signs and symptoms, normal ageing or dementia, stages of dementia and more.

This article from InPsych provides information about psychological assessment of dementia, includes information about types of dementia, course and stages of dementia, differential diagnosis, dementia screening instruments, and roles for psychologists.

Guidelines which emphasise timely diagnosis; living well with dementia and delaying functional decline; managing symptoms through training staff in how to provide person-centred care and using non-pharmacological approaches in the first instance; and training and supporting families and carers to provide care.

Psychological illness is very common among people with dementia, and markedly more common than among older people without dementia. This article from InPsych provides information about the role a psychologist can play when working with people living with dementia.

Proposal of a seven-tiered model of service delivery based on severity and prevalence of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia.

This position paper from the National Aged Care Alliance includes a rationale for recommending action on assistive technologies and a map of assistive technology programs and departmental funding responsibilities for assistive technologies for older Australians.