Resources

This review from the Productivity Commission considers what works to support carers of older people with dementia to prevent or delay entry into residential aged care. It adopts a rigorous and systematic approach to identify and appraise the evidence, aiming to inform dementia policy.

In this webinar from the Older Persons Advocacy Network, the panel covers the key differences between the NDIS and Aged Care Systems, enabling informed choice, barriers and strategies to overcome accessing services and support, the benefits of being informed and making future care plans, and advocacy support. (1 h)

This fact sheet provides a summary of current reablement approaches for the Government’s Home Support and Care Program which comprises the Commonwealth Home Support Program, the Continuity of Support Program, and Home Care Packages Program.

This fact sheet from the Australian Government Department of Health is for families of people with dementia in residential aged care. It explains what they can do to help, including providing consent for medicines like benzodiazepines and antipsychotics.

The Indigenous Aged Care Design Guide from Dementia Training Australia and Health Habitat is a resource to assist in the design, construction, ongoing assessment and maintenance of aged care facilities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

This video animation from the Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre describes the standard model of aged care and the home-like, or cluster, model of aged care with statistics from the Australian context of dementia care. (2 min)

If you are out in public, you may need to let other people (for example the bus driver, cafe staff or receptionist) know that you, or the person you support, has dementia. This card from Forward with Dementia discretely alerts people that you may require their help and support.

The first in a series of three webinars from Dementia Training Australia exploring how a family home can be bolstered to reduce the burden of dementia, what moving house might mean, and how a new home can still be supportive (*please note you must be logged in as a Dementia Training Australia member (free) to watch video presentations and access resources). (42 min)

This fact sheet provides a summary of aged care terms, descriptions and acronyms.

This booklet from the Dementia Centre for Research Collaboration has been written to help you understand why it is important for you to support people with dementia to make everyday decisions. There are practical examples in this booklet of how to do this.