Resources

Information from Alzheimer's WA regarding understanding the impact of dementia, the lived experience, labelling behaviour, and common changes.

This helpsheet from Dementia Support Australia aims to assist in understanding how apathy affects people living with dementia and how carers can respond.

This helpsheet from Dementia Support Australia provides practical information about what care staff can do to be prepared in the event of a COVID-19 outbreak and how to support a First Nations person with dementia.

This sheet from Dementia Australia and NPS MedicineWise provides information about good medicine management to enable you and your family, friends and carers to actively participate in the management of your medicines.

Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of people and their family and carers who are facing concerns associated with a life-limiting illness. This sheet from palliAGED provides information for care workers about palliative care.

People with advanced dementia may show behaviour that is very different to how they usually are. This sheet from palliAGED provides information for care workers about behavioural changes in advanced dementia.

Dementia is a group of diseases affecting the brain. Over time the person loses everyday skills. This sheet from palliAGED provides information for care workers about advanced dementia.

This helpsheet from Dementia Support Australia provides information on why it may be appropriate to introduce a simulated pet to a person with dementia, who is likely to benefit, how to introduce a simulated pet to a person with dementia, and interaction activities and precautions.

This helpsheet from Dementia Support Australia is a useful guide to consider the use of music and personalised playlists to encourage engagement of a person living with dementia.

This position paper from the Dementia Centre and HammondCare provides background information on the use of murals in care settings, issues around the lack of evidence-based research in murals having positive outcomes for people with dementia, and critically examines some common assumptions on the use of murals in the care setting.