Resources

In this webinar from the Older Persons Advocacy Network, the panel covers what dementia is, living with dementia in Australia, the support organisations, impacts and challenges for people living with dementia, their carers, families, and friends during COVID-19, and initiatives, learnings and approaches. (1 h 4 m)

In collaboration with Dementia Training Australia, the Let’s CHAT (Community Health Approaches To) Dementia Team bring you a six-part series of webinars, which will give an overview of cognitive impairment and dementia care.

Keynote address by Kate Swaffer, Chair, CEO & Co-founder Dementia Alliance International in a webinar by the Older Persons Advocacy Network. (16 min)

In this webinar from the Older Persons Advocacy Network, the panel covers the key differences between the NDIS and Aged Care Systems, enabling informed choice, barriers and strategies to overcome accessing services and support, the benefits of being informed and making future care plans, and advocacy support. (1 h)

The first in a series of three webinars from Dementia Training Australia exploring how a family home can be bolstered to reduce the burden of dementia, what moving house might mean, and how a new home can still be supportive (*please note you must be logged in as a Dementia Training Australia member (free) to watch video presentations and access resources). (42 min)

This webinar from Dementia Training Australia focuses on how we can support residents to personalise their bedroom and have a richer dining experience (*please note you must be logged in as a Dementia Training Australia member (free) to watch video presentations and access resources). (43 min)

This webinar from Dementia Training Australia introduces ways of supporting residents and staff to personalise indoor and outdoor spaces, and focus on specific day-to-day activities, such as having a richer dining experience. (30 min)

In this webinar from the Older Person's Advocacy Network, meet the creators of 'Everybody’s Oma', a personal story about one family’s dementia journey. During lockdown, Jason van Genderen’s playful video experiments helped his mother, Hendrika, make sense of her home isolation. (57 min)

This webinar from Dementia Training Australia focused on meaningful engagement outdoors. It addressed our need to get outside, be active and enjoy the fresh air. (*please note you must be logged in as a Dementia Training Australia member (free) to watch video presentations and access resources). (43 min)

The second in a series of three webinars from Dementia Training Australia exploring how a family home can be bolstered to reduce the burden of dementia, what moving house might mean, and how a new home can still be supportive. (*please note you must be logged in as a Dementia Training Australia member (free) to watch video presentations and access resources). (43 min)