Resources

This help sheet provides some information on the palliative care approaches that play a crucial role in the care of the person who is dying. It provides information about how the person with dementia can be supported to die in comfort and with dignity.

This information sheet from Palliative Care Australia provides questions that an older person or their family should ask to understand how the service can manage your changing needs through to the end of life.

Making end-of-life decisions for a person living with dementia can be challenging and stressful. This page provides scenarios and options.

When someone has memory loss, is confused, becomes easily upset or doesn’t talk very much, visiting can seem daunting. It can be helpful to have some strategies to make home and residential care visits more comfortable. A resources by CarerHelp.

When a person has an advanced disease, they will need support to continue to be able to live at home. Older Australians can  access Government funded supports and services in the home through My Aged Care.  A resource by CarerHelp.

This help sheet from Dementia Australia discusses grief and bereavement when the person you care for dies. It suggests some ways to help you deal with these feelings and practical ways to adjust to change.

People who have completed some form of advance care planning are more likely to receive end of life care more aligned to their wishes than those who have not. A Dementia Australia resource.

This helpsheet from Dementia Support Australia provides tips and practical information to help you support an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander person with dementia feel more settled in their new care environment.

This fact sheet from the Australian Association of Gerontology presents case studies on reablement approaches.

This fact sheet provides an exhaustive list of publications on reablement approaches and their summaries.