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Karine on supported decision making

In this video from the Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre, Karine talks about some of her experiences caring for her husband Col, describing how she provided support for decision-making from a care-partner’s perspective. (5 min)

Added 26 Jul 2022
Video
Jen and Ray - Conscious decision making

In this video from the Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre, Jeanette and Ray talk about their experiences in adjusting to a diagnosis of dementia, and making decisions together as a couple. (4 min)

Added 26 Jul 2022
Video
Jason Burton - Cottage respite: An Eden alternative approach

Jason Burton discusses respite models and cottage respite at the Dementia Partnership Project Inaugural WA Community Services Symposium. (16 min)

Added 26 Jul 2022
Report
Interventions to support carers of people with dementia

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.

Added 26 Jul 2022
Webinar
Intersections: Ageing and disability

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)

Added 26 Jul 2022
Information Sheet
Informed consent: What families need to know about antipsychotics and benzodiazepines in residential aged care

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.

Added 26 Jul 2022
Guidance
Indigenous aged care design guide

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.

Added 26 Jul 2022
Video
Improving quality of life for people with dementia living in residential aged care

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)

Added 26 Jul 2022
Tool
'I have dementia' card

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.

Added 26 Jul 2022
Webinar
How to support people living with dementia staying at home (Webinar 1 of 3)

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)

Added 26 Jul 2022