Resources

This booklet was distributed in Australia by the Dementia Centre. The author hopes 'this booklet will give the reader ideas on how to make the lives of people with dementia more pleasant, allowing them to be more socially included and no longer feeling alone' (*link will take you to a resource library, please scroll through to download this resource).

The aim of this booklet from the University of Wollongong is to assist a person with dementia in deciding when to stop driving after receiving a diagnosis of dementia. It is hoped that early planning for retirement from driving will avoid the need to stop suddenly in the future.

This booklet from the Dementia Centre and HammondCare has been developed for people who are caring for or supporting a Deaf/deaf person living with dementia. It aims to provide an introduction to dementia and changes in behaviours that a person may experience living with the condition.

This booklet from the Dementia Centre and HammondCare has been developed  for family and friends who are supporting a deaf person with dementia. It can help to better understand and identify changes in behaviours.

This booklet from dementia Australia features information, tips and strategies on walking safely and what your community can do to help if you become lost or disoriented.

This booklet from the New England Dementia Partnership has been written for the Aboriginal Community, to raise awareness of dementia and how to reduce the risk of dementia.

This booklet from the Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre and HammondCare provides information to help people living with dementia, and those providing them support, to make better and more informed choices about reablement programs that could maintain or improve function and quality of life.

This booklet from the Australian Government Department of Health provides information for families and carers looking for specialised dementia care support services. The booklet includes an overview of program eligibility and referral requirements and where to go to for further dementia support.

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.

An Australian guidebook from the Prince of Wales Hospital Aged Care Psychiatry Service for facilitators to introduce Australian content into cognitive stimulation therapy sessions.