Resources

This short video from italk studios seeks to inform Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities about caring for family members who have dementia. Through the story of Peter and Janey, information is presented about what dementia is, the symptoms, and providing support to people who have dementia. (6 min)

In collaboration with Dementia Training Australia, the Let’s CHAT (Community Health Approaches To) Dementia Team bring you a six-part series of webinars, which will give an overview of cognitive impairment and dementia care.

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 helpsheet from Dementia Support Australia provides ideas to help your First Nations family member feel more at home in aged care and keep connection with family, community and country.

These guidelines from the Western Australia Centre for Health and Ageing have been provided to ensure that people with dementia who live in remote communities are correctly diagnosed and receive the services that they, and their families, require.

The posters from Dementia Centre for Research Collaboration and the Dementia Behaviour Management Advisory Service, Northern Territory provide clinicians and health professionals working with Aboriginal communities in remote areas with a hard copy resource that can be left in the community after the visit.

This short film from Dementia Australia has been produced to provide information to carers of people living with dementia in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community. The film features Birpai Elder, Uncle Bill O'Brien, discussing his experience of caring for his mother who had dementia. (4 min)

Who cares is a short animated video from Carers NT that shows the roles of a carer and the support available for carers (Available in English and Yolngu Matha). (5 min)

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.

This resource was produced to raise awareness about the experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander carers who provide support to people with dementia. The video features the personal stories of carers and also includes commentary from people working in the dementia field.