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Deafness and dementia: Interpreting changes in behaviour - for care staff

This booklet from the Dementia Centre and HammondCare has been developed for people who are caring for or supporting a Deaf/deaf person living with dementia. It aims to provide an introduction to dementia and changes in behaviours that a person may experience living with the condition.

Added 25 Jul 2022
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Deafness and dementia: Interpreting changes in behaviour - for family and friends

This booklet from the Dementia Centre and HammondCare has been developed  for family and friends who are supporting a deaf person with dementia. It can help to better understand and identify changes in behaviours.

Added 25 Jul 2022
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Walking safely with dementia

This booklet from dementia Australia features information, tips and strategies on walking safely and what your community can do to help if you become lost or disoriented.

Added 24 Jul 2022
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Think ahead: Keep your brain healthy and reduce your risk of dementia

This booklet from the New England Dementia Partnership has been written for the Aboriginal Community, to raise awareness of dementia and how to reduce the risk of dementia.

Added 24 Jul 2022
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Supporting independence and function in people living with dementia

This booklet from the Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre and HammondCare provides information to help people living with dementia, and those providing them support, to make better and more informed choices about reablement programs that could maintain or improve function and quality of life.

Added 23 Jul 2022
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Specialist Dementia Care Program: Information Booklet

This booklet from the Australian Government Department of Health provides information for families and carers looking for specialised dementia care support services. The booklet includes an overview of program eligibility and referral requirements and where to go to for further dementia support.

Added 23 Jul 2022
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Sexuality and people in residential aged care facilities

This booklet from the Dementia Centre for Research Collaboration, La Trobe University, and the Queensland University of Technology,  aims to increase understanding about sexuality, what it means and how and why it might still be important to people living in residential aged care.

Added 23 Jul 2022
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Australian adaptations for cognitive stimulation therapy

An Australian guidebook from the Prince of Wales Hospital Aged Care Psychiatry Service for facilitators to introduce Australian content into cognitive stimulation therapy sessions.

Added 22 Jul 2022
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A person-centred model of residential respite care transition support: Manual for partners and families

This manual from the Queensland University of Technology has been designed to assist primary carers to prepare resources to enable clear communication about their family member’s unique care needs.

Added 22 Jul 2022
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A guide for family carers: Dealing with behaviours in people with dementia

This guide from the Dementia Collaborative Research Centre is for family carers providing care for a person with dementia. It includes practical information about how to deal with the behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia.

Added 21 Jul 2022