Resources

This video provides information about reablement practices, reablement programs and guidance documents. (23 min)

In this video from the Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre, carers Kathy Williams and Imelda Gilmore speak about how knowing the person’s preferences and what is important to them helps in decision making about future lifestyle, care, and health decisions. (3 min)

This presentation by Kate Swaffer was part of the Dementia Partnership Project Inaugural WA Community Services Symposium. (26 min)

In this video from the Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre, Karine talks about some of her experiences caring for her husband Col, describing how she provided support for decision-making from a care-partner’s perspective. (5 min)

In this video from the Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre, Jeanette and Ray talk about their experiences in adjusting to a diagnosis of dementia, and making decisions together as a couple. (4 min)

Jason Burton discusses respite models and cottage respite at the Dementia Partnership Project Inaugural WA Community Services Symposium. (16 min)

This video animation from the Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre describes the standard model of aged care and the home-like, or cluster, model of aged care with statistics from the Australian context of dementia care. (2 min)

In this video from the Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre, Dr Dimity Pond talks about the storage of advance care planning documents and how to ensure they are available when needed. (1 min)

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 video focuses on Friends in Harmony, a dementia friendly choir run by Alzheimer’s WA. (2 min)