Resources

This guide from the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission, provides practical advice for families and carers to create supportive mealtime experiences at home for people living with dementia, encouraging independence, enjoyment and good nutrition.

Many people living with dementia experience changes in behaviour. This handbook from Dementia Support Australia explores each behaviour – showing you what to look out for, why it might be happening and some practical things you can do to help.

The Advance Project provides a training toolkit into dementia and end of life, for professionals. Users will need to register, for free, to access. 

In this guide from the New Zealand Dementia Foundation are all resources you need to run an engaging 45-60 minute introductory session on a person-centred approach to reducing falls. The kit has three parts; a facilitator's guide to download, a PowerPoint presentation to download and an optional webinar presentation to watch online to familiarise yourself with the content.

This Open Access article by Koh et al. examines through a social health lens the unmet needs of people and their carers who are affected by dementia.

This webpage from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare outlines strategies to enhance national data on the dementia care workforce, focusing on training, qualifications, and capabilities across health and aged care sectors, to inform policy and improve care quality.

The National Dementia Action Plan 2024–2034 (the Action Plan) is Australia’s national dementia policy framework. It aims to improve the lives and care of people living with dementia, their carers and families over the next 10 years.

A guide by Dementia Australia to professional Lewy body dementias care for acute care workers and staff in care homes.

The program supports carers and families caring for people living with dementia. It provides access to dementia-specific respite support services, and better training for health and aged care workers.

The National Aged Care design principles and guidelines provide a comprehensive, evidence-based resource to guide accommodation design to support the delivery of high quality, safe, respectful and dignified care for older people living in residential aged care accommodation. They include specific consideration to individuals with dementia.