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Dementia enablement guide: Further information

Theis Pamphlet from Queensland Health details the types of clinicians and organisations that someone with a recent diagnosis may wish to contact in relation to a number of commonly experienced issues.

Added 25 Jul 2022
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Dementia - emotional changes

This webpage from the BetterHealth Channel provides information regarding talking to your doctor about emotional changes, aggression, catastrophic reactions, intimacy and sexuality, support for carers, and where to get help.

Added 25 Jul 2022
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Dementia - eating

This webpage from the BetterHealth Channel provides information regarding loss of appetite, overeating or insatiable appetite, sweet cravings, mouth, chewing and swallowing problems, problems eating at the table, other meal-time strategies, support for family and caregivers, and where to get help.

Added 25 Jul 2022
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Dementia - early planning

This webpage from the BetterHealth Channel provides information regarding planning ahead for dementia care, decisions about medical treatment for dementia, getting help with decisions about medical treatment, money matters, enduring power of attorney, wills, guardianship and administration, and where to get help.

Added 25 Jul 2022
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Dementia - driving and travelling

This webpage from the BetterHealth Channel provides information regarding laws about driving and dementia, reactions of people when they must stop driving, signs that driving ability is impacted, talking to a person about driving, support for families and carers, travelling with a person with dementia as a passenger, and where to get help.

Added 25 Jul 2022
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Dementia Discovery (course)

In this course from Dementia Training Australia, you will develop your knowledge about specific types of dementia and potential underlying changes in the brain.

Added 25 Jul 2022
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Dementia data gaps and opportunities

This report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare is a review of national data that may be suitable for routine or regular monitoring of dementia.

Added 25 Jul 2022
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Dementia - coping with placement

A carer’s role will change once a person with dementia is in residential care. This webpage from the BetterHealth Channel provides information regarding how visiting is important to both resident and carer, making visits more enjoyable, possible outings, visiting in the later stages, parting, wanting to go home, things to try, support groups, and where to get help.

Added 25 Jul 2022
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Dementia - continence issues

This webpage from the BetterHealth Channel provides information regarding causes of incontinence in people with dementia, information to tell the doctor, caring for someone with incontinence, suggestions for managing incontinence, respecting privacy, and where to get help.

Added 25 Jul 2022
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Dementia - communication

This webpage from the BetterHealth Channel provides information on communication changes which may occur with dementia, suggestions for communicating with a person with dementia, what not to do, therapies, and communication strategies.

Added 25 Jul 2022