Resources

There is a need for greater, targeted support for LGBTI people with dementia from all care contexts, requiring service providers to be better informed in the additional considerations relevant to the management of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia in this group. The Dementia Centre for Research Collaboration provides multiple resources about the LGBTQIA+ community.

This sheet from Dementia Australia is designed to give you some basic information about Lewy body disease and its associated disorders. It will help you understand what is happening in the home that you are visiting. It also gives you some tips so that you can assist both the client and their carer.

This fact sheet provides a summary of current reablement approaches used for the Australian Government’s residential aged care program.

This fact sheet provides a summary of current reablement approaches for the Government’s Home Support and Care Program which comprises the Commonwealth Home Support Program, the Continuity of Support Program, and Home Care Packages Program.

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.

This fact sheet provides a summary of aged care terms, descriptions and acronyms.

The information in this helpsheet from Dementia Support Australia provides family and community with tips to recognise and understand pain, and includes some ideas that can help.

This help sheet from Dementia Australia outlines the key principles to enable you to make simple changes at home or in a care facility to help make the best of everyday life.

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.

"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.