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Information Sheet
Home care for people living with dementia

"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.

Added 26 Jul 2022
Information Sheet
Helping your family member with dementia move into residential aged care

This helpsheet from Dementia Support Australia provides ideas to help your First Nations family member feel more at home in aged care and keep connection with family, community and country.

Added 26 Jul 2022
Guidance
Guiding occupational therapy practice for people living with dementia in the community

This guide from Dementia Training Australia aims to further enhance occupational therapy clinical practice provided to people living with dementia and their care partners.

Added 26 Jul 2022
Guidance
Guidelines for diagnosis and care of Aboriginal People with dementia in remote communities

These guidelines from the Western Australia Centre for Health and Ageing have been provided to ensure that people with dementia who live in remote communities are correctly diagnosed and receive the services that they, and their families, require.

Added 26 Jul 2022
Information Sheet
Good care in a residential aged care home

This help sheet from Dementia Australia lists some of the important aspects of good care for people with dementia who are living in residential aged care homes, including the involvement of relatives and friends.

Added 26 Jul 2022
Tool
Getting to know you

This booklet from the Queensland University of Technology is designed for you to obtain as much information as possible relating to your family member’s care needs, so that the care provided by you at home can be continued as closely as possible by others.

Added 26 Jul 2022
Booklet
Getting the most out of respite care - a guide for carers of people with dementia

This resource from the Dementia Collaborative Research Centre and the Queensland University of Technology is designed to help you in your decision-making about respite by providing you with information from the carer’s perspective. In here you will find stories about carers and their experiences of respite care, as well as advice and tips to help you make the most of your respite experience.

Added 26 Jul 2022
Information Sheet
Get moving: Physical activity for older people

Physical activity is any movement made by skeletal muscles in your body that uses energy. This includes any incidental activity you might do during the day like doing the housework, and any planned physical activity, like exercise. This sheet from the University of Melbourne contains practical tips on beneficial activity levels, how to stay motivated, and key information sources.

Added 26 Jul 2022
Booklet
Gardens that care: Planning outdoor environments for people with dementia

This booklet from Dementia Australia SA provides information about gardening and dementia, including dementia and garden environments, gardens that heal, garden implementation process, dementia-specific gardens, and basic garden design ideas.

Added 26 Jul 2022
Video
Friends in Harmony choir

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

Added 26 Jul 2022