Resources

If you’re thinking of prescribing these medicines to manage the behaviours and psychological symptoms of dementia, follow these 6 steps. This resource is from The Australian Government Department of Health, and the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commision. 

This booklet from the Dementia Centre for Research Collaboration, La Trobe University, and the Queensland University of Technology,  aims to increase understanding about sexuality, what it means and how and why it might still be important to people living in residential aged care.

Dementia causes a progressive decline in a person’s functioning and affects a person’s thinking, behaviour and ability to perform everyday tasks. This webpage from the BetterHealth Channel provides an overview of services to support people with dementia and their carers.

This poster from the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care outlines four important actions in providing safe, high-quality care for people with cognitive impairment in hospital during COVID-19.

Ron's wife, Diana, had dementia. As her carer, Ron struggled with facilitating the choices his wife wanted to make that he was unsure of. This video is from the Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre. (4 min)

This article from InPsych provides information about psychological assessment of dementia, includes information about types of dementia, course and stages of dementia, differential diagnosis, dementia screening instruments, and roles for psychologists.

This sheet from the National Institute for Dementia Research provides guidance to government, researchers, industry and philanthropy on Australia's dementia research strategy and activity in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities over the longer term.

A tool from NPS MedicineWise to facilitate multidisciplinary review of antipsychotic medicines prescribed for patients experiencing changed behaviour, including advice on how and when to taper.

A webinar from the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission about the changes to legislation surrounding restrictive practices in aged care. (1 h)

 A webinar from the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission about the behaviour support planning requirements under the restrictive practices legislation. (58 min)