Resources

This help sheet from Dementia Australia explains how supportive aids can be used to assist people living with dementia by supporting their independence, reducing the risk of dangerous situations occurring, helping them maintain a sense of well-being and staying at home longer.

In this video from the Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre, carers discuss talking with your partner and loved ones to make advance care plans for dementia and cognitive decline, the importance of conversations and knowing the person’s preferences for future lifestyle, care, health and financial decisions. (3 min)

This fact sheet from the Australian Association of Gerontology presents case studies on reablement approaches.

"If you are thinking about home care for yourself or for someone you care for who has dementia, this help sheet may be useful". This resource is from Dementia Australia.

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.

This guide from Dementia Training Australia aims to further enhance occupational therapy clinical practice provided to people living with dementia and their care partners.

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.

This help sheet from Dementia Australia lists some of the important aspects of good care for people with dementia who are living in residential aged care homes, including the involvement of relatives and friends.

This booklet from the Queensland University of Technology is designed for you to obtain as much information as possible relating to your family member’s care needs, so that the care provided by you at home can be continued as closely as possible by others.

This resource from the Dementia Collaborative Research Centre and the Queensland University of Technology is designed to help you in your decision-making about respite by providing you with information from the carer’s perspective. In here you will find stories about carers and their experiences of respite care, as well as advice and tips to help you make the most of your respite experience.